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Actually, that's a good point. I will just tell them to replace it with whatever the fuck I want and then they can quote whatever and I'll make up any difference.
It has DA9000 cranks so a DA9000 RD would make sense but then I'm into the whole ball ache of changing shifters to 11spd and that's huge ££ compared to RD swap. It would mean hidden cables and new shifters but that's not important on a bike I only use a couple of times a year.
Hmmie. £350 for DA9000 shifters :(
https://www.evanscycles.com/shimano-dura-ace-9000-sti-11-speed-sti-shifter-set-EV184201If I was going to drop that kind of cash I'd make it Di2. But I don't use it enough to justify.
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All the "specs" (like real specs, weight, strength, tolerances) move down the range over time though. Current sora is probably better engineered than 90s DA, and certainly Ultegra. I know that's not how we see it, but insurance may well want to argue something like that.
Whenever I have an insurance claim I always argue for the cash so I can control the tradeoffs. Had real problems getting equivalent spec laptop replacements in the past. I'm a software engineer, so I have specific requirements, insurance were only willing to provide something which cost similar to the old ones heavily depreciated RRP rather than something which actually performed similarly...
That was generic home insurance after burglary. Specialist insurance might be a bit better. But if you have requirements, make them known, because otherwise the insurers definition of "repaired" might not suit you at all.