New Specialized Secteur, 2400 claris groupset. Upgrade?

[HLaB]

R U sure I was told that i could not upgrade my Sora groupset to 105`s or Ultegra`s, i will as you say pop into a concept store when i am next in London (Covent Garden) cheers

If they are the same speed they'll up grade no problem

Old Sora is 9sp and 105s are 10sp; you can still upgrade but it'll be problematic and costly

 

[the_mikey]

Unless you're really unhappy with the gears on the bike then I'd stick with Claris. I know it's a new bike but other factors that could affect shifting are poorly set up indexing, bent derailleur hanger, poorly cut gear cable outers. In my opinion, upgrading to 105 or Ultegra is a waste of money, better spent on new wheels or save it for a better bike. Please ignore my comments if you need to!

 

[PaulSecteur]

Are you anywhere near wolverhampton?

If you are I could have a look... im getting pretty decent at setting gears.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Sora 9 speed

Tiagra/105/Ultegra/Dura-ace 10spd

New stuff.
Plenty of scope to get 9sp Tiagra shifters 2nd hand or ebay ect, 9 and 8 sp mechs interchangeable, as an 8sp rear cog is 1.8mm wide a 9sp 1.78mm wide, ( I use 8sp cogs on my 7sp, with 7sp spacers no problem), as are chains, chainsets should also be fine, 8sp chains will work on 9sp, just a little wider so may be some rub on extremes. You would however need a 9 sp cassette.
10 sp complete upgrade as for as I understand it.
But then I use an Acera (which is good up to a 34th) on the rear of my road bike, so what do I know.

 

[cyberknight]

When I say "not right", I spent hours looking over youtube videos about adjusting the dérailleurs. After not being able to get it quite right I took it to my local bike store where I left it with the mechanic for the afternoon. When I got back he said he just couldn't get it right and didn't even charge me. It shifts "ok" through the gears then around the middle on the back it doesn't sit cleanly and always wants to change ( makes that noise ).

1) Ignore it, use my bike and call it a day
2) Upgrade a few bits ( Shimano 105 entire groupset is ~ £300 and stick some new wheels on it £250 ) I got a pretty nice bike with a gorgeous looking frame for £1000 then sell all the old components and make a few quid back.
3) Attempt to return and buy an entirely different bike, this time around the £1000 mark. Some nice ultegra - carbon bikes at £1000 from PlanetX

try another bike shop maybe?
It could be as daft as the high/low b stops needing a minor tweak , i have had the exact same problems when i put a new rear mech on a bike and my LBS fixed it in about 30 seconds.
have you checked your hanger alignment ?

 

[Widge]

I haven't so much upgraded my Triban 3, as made a sideways step to solve a problem.
As you know......the T3 comes with 2300 and a Sora front mech. The 8spd triple takes a bit of fettling to run sweet but can be done with a bit of cursing. I like 8spd - it seems tough and shifts well when adjusted optimally for me. Also...my only experience of Shimano sti has been with those 'mouse-ears' shifters.....and I find them very intuitive and far more convenient than the huge 'grind-and-find' ships levers I had on my old Mercian,....gloriously retro as it was.

I did, however, invest in a new 'Claris' r/d to solve the problem of inadequate clearance between the mech and my new r500 wheels. The claris looks to be EXACTLY a reissue of 'old' 8sd sora and, as such, is rather better designed and altogether slicker and more adapatable than the chunky 2300 d/r it replaced. Also solved a problem.

I think that Claris is probably a slight all round improvement if you want to keep your 8spd set up....and looks on first acquaintance to be a marginal step up from 2300. I would be interested to hear anyones experiences with the the 'proper' dual lever shifters and uprated chainset/bb too? Claris does not yet appear to be mainstream on many new entry-level machines yet, so opinions are hard to come by.

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