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I got a single 6800 brake a while ago and the improvement from 6600 was amazing, and have just built up a bike with 6800 shifting, and the new FD is really nice too- think it shares the same design with the 5800 so 105 should be good. Obvious question but, are your wheels 11spd compatible? If so, then I would say do it absolutley
branwen
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I've been racing this most weekends and making little changes as I go. I borrowed and bought a vast selection of stems (130mm-150mm with 6 to 17) and the 140mm -17 fits best, feels great having so much weight over the front wheel and I can ride 1hr + crits in the drops comfortably. Also got some 6800 brakes to go on here as I switched the 6500's to my work bike.
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Hit a snag today though, the front mech broke, not sure whether to search for a 9-speed Shimano front mech (holla if you've got one one) or seeing as the groupset is really old take this as a cue to move to 11s, probably 105
In the meantime I've taken the mech off leaving it 1 x 9. I'm supposed to be racing a crit tomorrow, big ring only is no problem but will the chain jump ship? Anything I can do to prevent it?