If these are well cared for, how long should one expect to get out these? How many miles or years? What should I be expecting to replace, shifter, FD, RD n the future?
Well maintained, with regular replacement of chain, pullys, chain rings(the things that wear), it will last years and years!
My road bike is Ultegra from 2004, still works great. There are wear parts like chainrings, but the shifters and derailleurs should last virtually forever. Just clean then occasionally and keep them lubed.
My 2001 Trek 5200 with
Ultrega is still going strong with minimal mantainence. Most likely you will be tired of the bike before you wear out your components.
about 3 years, 14 days and 54.334455 seconds
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Ultegra parts will last you a long time. 20,000miles or higher was not unheard of during the time I worked at a bike shop. We had a bike messenger that had over 30 grand on his and stuff still worked just fine.
About 30,000 miles on mine. I did replace the shift levers at 27,000 - the right one wouldn’t shift to bigger cogs reliably. Felt like something was worn out. But same bottom bracket, cranks, front and rear derailleurs, brakes (well, not the pads!). Same chainrings, same cassette (but I now have a few, so no single cassette has 30k miles. Overall pretty pleased.
Guy at LBS tried to sell me the more expensive Dura Ace because “they will last longer”. I still have the Ultegra, many, many years and thousands of miles later…
I have over 20k on a 105 setup and its still shifting smooth as ever. There isnt really much to break.
I’ve had my group since 2007, and guess about 20K miles with no problems. Though I recently replaces the shifters becaused I wanted internally routed cabling and I got them for a killer price on chainlove.
My Shimano 105 group lasted like ten years with minimal maintenance. Then I upgraded to Ultegra.
My Klein '99 roadie was the first year of Ult 9 speed. It’s still working as well as ever now.
I’ve recabled it 2x, and I think this also may be the 2nd or 3rd new chain. Otherwise, it’s all stock everything. Shifts great.
20 years , just a guess
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Should have bought Campagnolo and you would’t be asking this question!!
It will last longer then you will want to ride it
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It will last longer then you will want to ride it
Yep, this fall after 7 years of use, I put my Ultegra components onto a winter frame, I was sick of looking at my Trek bikes paint job (usps team colors)
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left front shifter crapped out after 13 months. still on warranty! nice one, centurion.
I’ve been using Ultegra since 1995 in mostly good conditions. I find that I need to change brake pads and chains about every 2000 miles I think, and cassettes about twice that long. I’ve worn out the ratchets on the STI shifters twice, and since they’re not user-serviceable that means replacing with entirely new shift levers. I broke a freehub body once. I’ve never worn out any other parts.
Alex
Mines from 05, just replaced the chain, cassette, and chainrings last week. Derailleurs and shifters are as good as ever
i used to run 10-year-old ultegra on my tri bike, i think. with semi-regular replacement of chains and cassettes, they’ll run for ages. if anything you might find you have to replace the rings, first.
-mike