Shimano 105 or Ultegra on a CX?

[adscrim]

I'd go for the Ultegra to get hydraulic discs.

 

[FlyingCyclist]

Well, 105 it is then

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'd go for more flexible gearing if you want to actually do hilly off road stuff. Those setups are somewhat over geared for off road unless your talking forest tracks in which case a normal road bike with tyres and a light tread would suffice.

 

[smutchin]

The specified 46/36 chainset and 11-28 cassette are normal for CX, which is what the bike is designed for.

 

[Buck]

I'd go for Ultegra mainly because of the hoods being IMO a better shape compared to the 105s but only if you're happy spending just shy of another £200 to get Ultegra.

I'm told that Ultegra vs 105 is not just about the marginal weight saving but the operation/usage is slicker/smoother. I can't comment directly as I only have 105 but two separate peeps have told me this and one is a bike mechanic.

 

[FlyingCyclist]

I'll consider gearing when the time comes to make a decision on buying a bike. Either the Ribble CRG, CR3 CX and the CX5 is what I 'm looking at. Although the CRG is not carbon, so may cross that one off.....For some reason there are no CX bikes on Ribble's website any more, must be a mistake.

 

[Buck]

for some reason they are under road bikes?

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/bikes/road-bikes/

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-cx5/
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-cr3-cx/
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-7005-cr1/

 

[FlyingCyclist]

for some reason they are under road bikes?

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/bikes/road-bikes/

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-cx5/
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-cr3-cx/
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-7005-cr1/

Yeah noticed that. I contacted them via twitter and they asked me to send them a screenshot and it appears to be working at their end.

Edit: Seems to be working for me now. Although there's only 3 CX bikes on the page