my stock bike comes with 6700 calipers. My friend is selling his brand new 6800 caliper for USD150. Is this consider a brake performance upgrade? or just keep the $$$ for 7900, 9000? sorry no budget for eebrake.
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shimano 6700 --- > 6800 caliper! upgrade?
Moderator: robbosmans
it's an upgrade, but not huge. Admittedly, I have not used 6800, but Shimano claims a 10% improvement in braking. I don't personally consider that to be a huge gain, especially given that the brakes are around the same weight (it's also a bit of a nebulous term. 10% improvement in what?). The principal design change is going from a single pivot to a dual pivot. if your brakes work well, go with a good upgrade, to something lighter, or more powerful. This is, in my opinion, barely an incremental step.
also, that price isn't great, considering you can get them brand new for $140 and probably less, if you shop around a little.
also, that price isn't great, considering you can get them brand new for $140 and probably less, if you shop around a little.
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FIJIGabe wrote:...The principal design change is going from a single pivot to a dual pivot.
Uhm, both 6700 and 6800 are dual pivot, or did I misread you there?
High-jacking the thread a bit, are the 6800 substantially smaller in outer dimensions, as in narrower frontal area, more petite appearance than the 6700? They look that way, but I can't find any decent pictures that would showcase the difference, if there is any?
6700 isn't a true dual pivot. 6700 uses the attaching bolt as the second pivot, whereas 6800 has two dedicated pivots, where the attaching bolt only attaches the brake to the bike.
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Crockett - https://bit.ly/2Xem4sk
Emonda SLR - https://bit.ly/2UK5FP8
Crockett - https://bit.ly/2Xem4sk
finally i have changed from 6700 to 7900 without paying a premium price. For a brand new set of 7900 only for USD180 and managed to se my 6700 for 70 so i need to top up another 110. result? almost the same but i managed to reduce another 30g.
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