which groupset???

[Keith Oates]

I've always used Shimano and have never been really let down so would advise to stay with them. 105 or Ultegra are good, Dura Ace is brilliant but the cost is high and really only need that if your into serious racing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[winjim]

Campagnolo Athena in silver alloy. Mmmm, shiny.

 

[vickster]

@vickster what SRAM do you use? I also find 105 is rather awkward to break with with my small hands

I have apex on one bike and rival on the other. Hoods the same, the bit that sits between thumb and forefinger is slimmer than shimano and more comfy, less reach

 

[Cycleops]

Campagnolo Athena in silver alloy. Mmmm, shiny.

Anything other than the black which seems to be so fashionable now.

 

[winjim]

Anything other than the black which seems to be so fashionable now.

I'm currently trying to get the parts together for a black-free build. Choices are somewhat limited.

 

[Rob3rt]

They all do the same thing, buy what you can afford and like the look of! You aren't in this for marginal gains!

 

[simon.r]

I used SRAM RIval briefly, but couldn't get on with the double-tap thing. That maybe because I've used Shimano for years and am very used to that.

As said, they all work very well.

One more option, which it have no experience of, is Microshift.

 

[KneesUp]

My mountain bike has Suntour XCT c.1990 and my bitsa bike has a decathlon crankset and a selection of Shimano bits for the gears and hubs, plus Weinmann brake levers and one pair of Apse cantilvers and one pair of Suntour XCE cantilevers. It all works quite nicely. That's all I ask of it.

 

[MrPie]

1st ever road bike (Trek 1000) had Shimano Sora / Tiagra - worked just fine.
2nd road bike - Focus Cayo with Shimano Ultegra - splendid, no complaints
3rd - Wilier Izoard with Campag Athena - Oh Yes! Difficult to describe the difference, but just seems to fit me better, marginally prefer the shifting....personal preference: Shimano is great, Campag is greater

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm on Shimano (It came on the bike) after being a Campag man all my life. After six or seven weeks I'm still dropping onto a smaller cog when I hit a climb because I automatically move the wrong lever. I'm thinking of a switch to Veloce because I prefer the Campag system.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Just fitted 105 shifters i don't have any experience with anything else other than sora thumb shifters, anything I have in the future will have these, I don't race so the cost above these would be wasted money.