Alee, i will mate. And ill lyk how it goes with 52mm fenders by specialized as well : )

Awesome! Let us know how you like it.

I haven’t got the official word, but it looks like it will be a carry over model.

So then it was not really a price drop, just a cheaper model.

I did not notice any throw difference, but then I replaced a 10 speed fd-4700 Tiagra one with it. Tiagra 10 speed is an odd ball in that it seems to use 11 speed cable pulls (so I guess the 4700 rear derailleur is not compatible with anything). Make sure you download the instructions, they are not in the box and you definitely need them. The cable tension setting done by aligning two scribe marks is very easy. The derailleur even has a built-in cable tension screw in case your frame/housings do not.

I’d suggest that the removal of the CG-R was to drop the price (US $200 happens to be the price of a CG-R). Interesting to hear the improvements on the FD-5801 model. I haven’t used either model, but I’m now interested to play with them both. I know the long actuation arm caused some issues with tyre clearance, and that the FD-5801 update suits disc brake bikes better with the longer throw. We’ll see which model the Sequoia actually comes with soon, I guess.

I would recommend replacing the fd-5800 105 front derailleur (you can recognize it by the long actuation arm) on the Elite with the improved fd-5801 model that does not need the crazy amount of pretension that makes the initial lever force annoyingly high. Of course it may now come that way.

Lots of useful points in your comparison, the AWOL also comes with racks and fenders that this and the Diverge don’t. The main difference I would point out on the Diverge is that it has the Future Shock to spring the handlebars.

Yeah, it’s US $200 for an SP-dynamo and US $300 for the Schmidt offering! I’m sure Shimano will have something for us sometime soon.