Campagnolo or Shimano

[youngoldbloke]

May or may not be a factor, but believe Shimano GS rear mech can handle bigger rear sprockets than Campag.

 

[winjim]

My right Chorus shifter has just stopped kerchunking after 13 years use. I didn't realise how much I liked the clunk until it stopped doing it! The indexing still works but I have been missing shifts or overshifting without that obvious clunk to guide me.

PS I just found THIS ARTICLE on how to fix the problem!

Oh, and this video on YouTube showing exactly how to do it ...



I have never looked into servicing a Campag Ergopower shifter (I have never needed to until now) but I suppose I will have to while the best bike is mothballed for the winter.

Is @Graeme_FK still active on the forum? I haven't seen him for a while, but he's your man for any Campagnolo servicing and setup issues.

May or may not be a factor, but believe Shimano GS rear mech can handle bigger rear sprockets than Campag.

They'll go up to a 29 tooth sprocket, but they do also still make triples for some of their groupsets.

 

[Apollonius]

You certainly can buy the Infinito CV in celeste with Ultegra on it. (Mrs A bought one and stripped off all the Shimano stuff to put Campagnolo on it.) And I rode a celeste Oltre at the cycle show last week that was Shimano something or other. Very good it was too.
I have a romantic attachment to Campagnolo from the days when a Campagnolo mech like the Record cost a week's wages for a man (well, for my father at the time anyway) and owning such exotica was a distant dream. On the other hand, the Shimano stuff is light to use, cheaper and easier to live with. Campagnolo needs a lot of careful setting up and cable tension is critical. It lets you know you have changed gear! Once set up and running it never misses a change. Shimano stuff might be thought a little less durable over time, but on the other hand I run a bike from 1979 with original Shimano 600 on it. It has always been faultless.
Conclusion - both are excellent in different ways. It is possible Shimano suffers a bit from making the full range of kit from cheap to expensive, while Campagnolo just makes expensive, very expensive and ludicrously expensive.

 

[Keith Oates]

I've alway used Shimano and have never had a problem so using a different manufacturer has never crossed my mind.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mustang1]

What's to research? A bike is only a couple of tubes joined together with hoops at each end. Those marketing ppl will make you believe there's loads of research and development goes into a bike.

Btw get canpagnolo.

 

[bpsmith]

They must have changed their options now then @Apollonius as the main dealer in Gernany told me that when I ordered mine. Was certainly the case when I looked at other models at the time too.

Good to see its changed anyway.

 

[mickle]

Do people even still use that Shi**no crap?!

 

[ufkacbln]

ROHLOFF!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

tbh my personal favourite is SRAMpagnolo

 

[GrumpyGregry]

or maybe it is CampagnoSRAM?

 

[e-rider]

Campagnolo tools are expensive, and Campagnolo are terrible for supplying spares, however, do you know anyone who got laid for having Shimano components - probably not!

 

[Keith Oates]

Do people even still use that Shi**no crap?!

Of course because it's the best.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Graeme_FK]

Is @Graeme_FK still active on the forum? I haven't seen him for a while, but he's your man for any Campagnolo servicing and setup issues.

They'll go up to a 29 tooth sprocket, but they do also still make triples for some of their groupsets.

Yes, still here!
Just swamped at the moment with 2016 product training-realted matters and tech support at events ...