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Shimano GRX pricing seems a bit whack?

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  • October 8, 2019 at 7:05 pm #30188
    Stef Marazzi

    Shimano 105 Hydraulic Groupset – £483 from Wiggle

    Shimano GRX RX600 – which is meant to be 105 level, is £599

    How does that work, when its got “less” stuff in it. e.g. No left hand gear mechanism, no front deraillieur, one less Chainring?

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  • October 11, 2019 at 12:50 am #951033
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    Redvee
    Huckfinn wrote:
    Lowest price I found for the GRX Levers (only) is on BikeDiscount.de (269euros)

     

    That’s where I bought my kit from, you can change the price on their site to GBP. When I bought my kit I had two tabs open, one priced in GBP the other in € then used my Revolut card to calculate the exchange rate and cause I paid in € I saved nearly £10 over the listed GBP price.

    October 9, 2019 at 3:37 pm #951031
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    fukawitribe
    IanEdward wrote:
    Also SRAM have somehow made it acceptable to charge more for 1x groupsets, it might be sexy and new but as you point out, there’s less to it! 

    Wait a while, I bet you’ll start to see 2x GRX cheaper than 1x GRX…

    Maybe, maybe not… currently the price difference between GRX 600 2x and 1x in the places with stock seems to be about 80 Euro, e.g. https://www.bike-components.de

    As others have pointed out though, the difference between the 105 and GRX 600 is due to discount, 105 R7020 is about £799 full asking in the UK – it’s a non-question.

    October 9, 2019 at 2:26 pm #951029
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    IanEdward

    Also SRAM have somehow made

    Also SRAM have somehow made it acceptable to charge more for 1x groupsets, it might be sexy and new but as you point out, there’s less to it! 

    Wait a while, I bet you’ll start to see 2x GRX cheaper than 1x GRX…

    October 9, 2019 at 9:29 am #951027
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    Huckfinn

    Lowest price I found for the

    Lowest price I found for the GRX Levers (only) is on BikeDiscount.de (269euros)

    October 9, 2019 at 5:37 am #951025
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    kil0ran

    Bits of it are in short
    Bits of it are in short supply, particularly the levers so it won’t be discounted much yet

    October 9, 2019 at 12:58 am #951023
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    Redvee

    Was going to go for GRX

    Was going to go for GRX levers but they were out of stock from the place I was going to buy them from so went with R7020 levers only for £247 which is the same price as  GRX600.

    October 8, 2019 at 9:17 pm #951021
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    EddyBerckx

    Its brand new, 105 is not.
    Its brand new, 105 is not.

    105 is heavily discounted, GRX is not. And why should it as its brand new? May have to wait a few months at least for a reasonable discount

    October 8, 2019 at 8:18 pm #951019
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    werics

    I’m guessing (I keep getting

    I’m guessing (I keep getting shunted to pages that speak US money, but) that the 599 is full MSR; the other is not, as it’s been kicking around a while.

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