Ultegra Brifter Family Tree

"Doug Goodwin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can someone give me the chronolgy of the ST-6500 series of

Shimano

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Ultegra brifters?

I assume that the ST-6500 is the base model, introduced

about 1998 or so.

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I'd like to find out just what the difference is between

that model, and

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the ST-6501, ST-6510, et al.

I've searched thru the Shimano sites, and all the

reference material that I

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have on hand, but can't come up with definitive

descriptions. Info

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requested as I'm finally going to get rid of those noisy

ST-6500's that

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came on my bike, and need to get an idea of how far up the

"tree" I have to

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go. Flightdeck stuff is of no interest, so if I can avoid

that expense, it

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would be very helpful.

TIA
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Doug Goodwin YMMV

"We have met the enemy, and they is us." - Pogo __o _`\<,_ (*)/ (*)

Doug - you can e-mail Shimano Europe and ask. The address is [email hidden]

I asked for the same info for Shimano 105 shifters -

Question - what's the differences between ST-5500, ST-5500-C, ST-5500-CA, and ST-5510?

Answer - Between ST5500, and the rest, ST-5500 is non flightdeck compatible, as all the others are
flight deck compatible. From C, to CA, some internal improvements. From CA to 5510, facelift.

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"Doug Goodwin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can someone give me the chronolgy of the ST-6500 series of

Shimano

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Ultegra brifters?

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Doug - you can e-mail Shimano Europe and ask. The address is [email hidden]

I asked for the same info for Shimano 105 shifters -

Question - what's the differences between ST-5500, ST-5500-C, ST-5500-CA, and ST-5510?

Answer - Between ST5500, and the rest, ST-5500 is non flightdeck compatible, as all the others are
flight deck compatible. From C, to CA, some internal improvements. From CA to 5510, facelift.

Thanks for the pointer.
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Doug Goodwin YMMV

"We have met the enemy, and they is us." - Pogo __o _`\<,_ (*)/ (*)