Campagnolo or Shimano

[Tel]

Given the choice which do you rate higher Campagnolo or Shimano?

 

[spandex]

No contest it is Campag

 

[yello]

.....

 

[zimzum42]

Wait for some joker to come along and start banging on about sturmey archer

 

[yenrod]

I JUST dont like the way Campgnolo shifters (ERGO's) work !

 

[spandex]

Wait for some joker to come along and start banging on about sturmey archer

And what about SRAM ffs


And Suntour

 

[Will1985]

13 posts in and you are asking controversial questions? I wouldn't go there...particularly when you leave out SRAM which is now on a par with the others.

 

[mickle]

And JoyTech?

 

[Tel]

13 posts in and you are asking controversial questions? I wouldn't go there...particularly when you leave out SRAM which is now on a par with the others.

Whats controversial about that? It used to be that Shimano were the most technically advanced and user friendly groups, Campag was just beautiful, I was wondering if things had changed...

I considered including SRAM but didn't

 

[yello]

"used to be"... what period are we talking about? Campagnolo started production in around the 1940s, Shimano in the 70s. It used to be that Shimano didn't exist!

My dad used to witter on about campagnolo but when I started mtb'ing in the last 70s it was all Shimano. Personally, I reckon it's simply difference, preference and preference for difference. Pays your money, takes your choice.

 

[02GF74]

Given the choice which do you rate higher Campagnolo or Shimano?

rate higher ..... cannot answer as all my stuff is Shimano; I did have campg on one time trial bike but sold that.

 

[Amanda P]

Can I vote for both? I have four bikes with derailleur gears. Two have mixtures of Shimano and Campag (Shimano for derailleurs, Campag for cables and shifters), and the other two mixtures of Shimano and SRAM.

Shimano derailleurs do the job, no problem, but I just can't get on with those ugly STI levers. Campags are far more elegant.

And why can't Shimano make a twist-grip shifter that's as good as SRAM's?

 

[tyred]

The only derailleur bike I have has Shimano. That seems to work okay without problems. The only other derailleur equiped bike I ever owned had Simplex. That worked okay too (after a fashion). As I've never had Compag, I can't make that comparison. All my other bikes have either been Sturmey Archer or SS. SA hubs last forever so I would vote for that if I had the option...

 

[alecstilleyedye]

one of my lbs' sells both, and the knowledgeable chap behind the counter reckons that, between comparable groupsets, there's little to choose between either of them.

 

[TheDoctor]

SunTour FTW!

What?