Actual weights for Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 mechanical

any comparisons to 9000?

“sadly it is extremely ugly”
I don’t agree wholly with that statement (ugh that rr der) although your opinion seems to be the majority. The quality of that finish still seems really high to me, and I really like “smoky/platinum nickel” finish.
“least responsive front derailleur I have ridden in the last 10 years”
I haven’t really found that to be true myself, the new quasi-compact (52-36) did see a degrade in performance, but less than I would expect from such a range. The high leverage cable pivot has certainly changed the way it feels at the lever.
“It’s only a matter of time before they go down”
Peeps been saying that for 30 years :} Too much cash on hand for that to be an issue, but I’m no oracle.
“alienating IBDs by not confronting online sales being less than dealers cost”
Could not agree more with that statement. Their response seems to be “make IBD’s access to product so obtuse IBD’s forget their pedals even exist.
“more warranty issues out of the box than other brands”
I haven’t found that to be the case where I work, but I have noticed a really strong positive improvement from Sram, so the gap is closing for sure.
“performance of nearly all components have degraded as well”
Again I haven’t really found that to be the case. The switch to aero shift housing nearly caused me to swear off/at Shimano, but I’ve noticed substantial improvement to the quality of the routing out of the lever body, at the expense of that nasty wart coming off the side of the lever body.

Circling the drain? I’d disagree but know that the industry is a fickle one.
It wasn’t too long ago that SRAM wasn’t worth much on road to mtn. Their semi invention of the 1x pretty much put them back on the map.

It’s been good to see SRAM’s road groups start to carry some momentum.
Not sure they’ll ever have the enormous development capabilities as Shimano but heck, that could be one of their strengths.

Who knows what is on it’s way to either help or hinder any of the players.
I certainly wouldn’t count Shimano out. Not yet.

Spend enough time in one or three areas and you can say stuff like “Everyone uses that tire/brake/group etc”.
But it’s still a pretty localized perspective. As somebody said above- there are a zillion bikes out there w/ Shimano. And it’s not like the uber high end stuff carries either brand.

Why didn’t you remove the plastic cylinder from the cassette to give us actual weight? Your going to ride this groupo anyway right?

I’m guessing The Oracle’s name is intentionally ironic?

While I’d like to think that Shimano’s success lives and dies with my super trendy and electronic aero road bike, I suspect their sales in inexpensive commuter bike components around the globe and their fishing reels, will keep them safe. They can always fall back on the reality, that the own 50% of the bike component markets, despite competition from Campy, SRAM, Suntour, Simpson and all other combined…

I keep a plastic cassette cylinder around just for this purpose. It weighs exactly 6.7g with the black cross slider that keeps the cassette on it.