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Long, smooth, hilly, fast, intense, hilly, scenic Bike Setup:
Ultegra cassette, ultegra chain, carbon FSA crank, 105 derailleurs, 105 brakes (which work fine)105 shifters. Soon, everything will be Ultegra. Summary:
I road race and this groupo came with my bike, which was a BMC Streetfire SSX. A great bike, not such a great groupo. Needless to say, it worked for 7 months and then it was done. I had to have my left shifter replaced because the other one would not "click" anymore and also because I was not able to shift into the big ring too well. Following that procedure, I was not able to shift into the big ring at all, and the cable tension was perfect. Generally speaking, before this point, the shifting was OK. I would never describe it as "crisp" or "clean" but it did the job. But overall, seven months isn't exactly the expected life of a groupo. 105 is terrible. Strengths:
Excuse me?
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The brakes are alright. Weaknesses:
Evidently has a lifetime of seven months, doesn't shift into big ring well (even when I wasn't having problems it was not too great), shifter problems (there is a pile of 105 shifters in my bike store that other riders besides myself have had to trash). Also, I noticed that just in general, I always had to press the shifter twice of three times to get the chain to go into the small ring. Similar Products Used:
Why would I choose crap a second time? 
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