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Fingers crossed his bike building skills are better than his grammar / capitalisation skills!
Looks like they've matched a 10 speed mech with a 9 speed cassette but apparently the shifters work the same as Ultegra because a guy on youtube says so so that's ok!
There are some VERY cringey comments in the description.
Personally I wouldn't touch it. If I got it cheap I would strip it and rebuild it from scratch. In your position I think you may do well to at least get a trusted mechanic to give it a once over before trusting your life to it....
Honestly I hope it works out to be OK for you.
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Thanks for giving me a bit more info. I actually spoke to a friend who's a bit of a mechanic and decided to cancel the order yesterday. This isn't ideal on eBay but it just looked a bit dodgy and I kind of rushed into it thinking it was a bargain...silly really.
I am still on the hunt for a similar bike (without holes drilled into the side of it) if anyone has any!
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That design of Sora lever is exactly the same as the 6800 generation Ultegra, and a 10 speed road mech will work fine with 9 speed shifters/cassette (same pull ratio).
So it’s not terrible, just a bit of a mish mash. The downside for me is you’d still have to spend quite a lot of money to make it 11 speed.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265141009746 I’ve just ordered this! For collection. Slightly worried about what the guy has done about the gears but this would be my first entry into a geared bike. thoughts?