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Post by slowpokerodriguez on Nov 29, 2006 20:54:46 GMT
I just put this thread here so any non TT'ers looking at the list of threads will think we take our gear seriously.
No gear thread list is complete without this question.
I use neither. I have spray painted a shoe box silver and tied it to my chainstays with bailing twine and written "Ultegra" on it in black crayon. Unless you looked really closely you couldn't tell it isn't the real thing.
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Post by veganpower on Nov 29, 2006 21:22:50 GMT
Nice one slow peke , that'll fox'em
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trex
Sprint
Grrrrr!!!!
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Post by trex on Nov 29, 2006 21:36:04 GMT
I'll stoke the argument:
Heavy with carbon where not needed and Italian vs Pretty Japanese functionality
Good availibiilty of bar-end shifters.
Better priced...
Need there be more said?
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Post by doug on Nov 29, 2006 21:39:12 GMT
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Post by jamiemcp on Nov 30, 2006 10:11:08 GMT
Don't forget SRAM very very good IMHO
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whisk
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Post by whisk on Nov 30, 2006 11:05:39 GMT
All we need now is for some beardy to come along and tell us that we should all be riding fixed instead of these new fangled gears!
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Post by chris on Nov 30, 2006 11:28:51 GMT
all a load of over priced toss really.
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Post by dirtydavey on Nov 30, 2006 12:27:24 GMT
campag is best, and anyone who wants to argue meet me in the play ground after school!
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fatty
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Post by fatty on Nov 30, 2006 12:55:43 GMT
Campag v Shimano is like Ducati V jap bikes
Italian is sexy but unreliable and Jap is as always funtional
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Post by foggy on Nov 30, 2006 15:19:37 GMT
Best ones are the ones you used to have on Raliegh Choppers, 2nd best being the twisty handles on the grifters!!
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Post by mercury68 on Nov 30, 2006 16:53:21 GMT
Nah, Campag beats Shimano hands down for reliability - once you've set campag up it stays set up unlike shimano which needs fettling all the time. Only good thing about shimano is price for equivalent weight and there's loads of it about 2nd hand.
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Post by younggun on Nov 30, 2006 17:27:29 GMT
I think those "organic" Shimano chainsets ming.
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Post by doug on Nov 30, 2006 21:54:52 GMT
Shimano spinning reels are much better than the Campaq ones
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trex
Sprint
Grrrrr!!!!
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Post by trex on Nov 30, 2006 22:39:05 GMT
Shimano spinning reels are much better than the Campaq ones Does it come in carbon?
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explorerjc
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this will be my year....
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Post by explorerjc on Nov 30, 2006 22:50:55 GMT
All we need now is for some beardy to come along and tell us that we should all be riding fixed instead of these new fangled gears! d**n, I'd better go and shave...... Shimano.....I get it cheap.....
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Post by flyingelephant on Dec 2, 2006 18:34:09 GMT
It all works. So whatever is available at the time at the right price.
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Post by simonm on Dec 3, 2006 8:10:25 GMT
I've had veloce on my winter bike for 4 years, never adjusted the gears once, ultegra on my summer bike adjusted the gears 4 times this summer alone
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sjr
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Post by sjr on Dec 3, 2006 15:44:53 GMT
Always preferred Campagnolo, like many roadies turned triathletes. Bought a Specialized with Ultegra groupset for racing this year. I agree with the comment above. My Cinelli's Veloce/Centaur mix never needed fiddling with and once 'bedded in' changed as smooth as a baby's butt. The Ultegra on the other hand has needed constant tweaking. On a slightly different note I've discovered it's no use matching the frame/bar geometry of the two bikes precisely if one's Campag and the other's Shimano because those HUGE levers on the Shimano seem to stretch my reach a little. I also find them less comfortable for things like 'steep hill pedal dancing' On balance, if I bought my race bike again, now I've used both? Chorus/Record.
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Post by bernard on Dec 4, 2006 10:52:06 GMT
Good thread!!
I've ridden both - was a devoted campag man as a roadie, then bought a litespeed with ultegra, did use dura ace 8spd before though. I've got to say (and this might upset a few people) - there's hardly any difference! How different can a shimano ultegra vs campagnolo chorus mech have? The biggest difference is the levers - ergopower is more asthetically pleasing, and the thumb shifter is great....but that's it. They work just as well as each other. I've never had to tweak my gears / brakes etc on either....
My conclusion is that they're both just fine. It's a personal reason for preferance....
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Post by foggy on Dec 4, 2006 11:07:04 GMT
I couldnt tell a massive difference when I test road both. For me it was all down to the shifters - I preferred the way the shimano ones worked to the campag so went shimano.
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Post by dirtydavey on Dec 4, 2006 16:42:54 GMT
To be honest there really is very little difference, I've got shimano on my winter bike and campag on the summer. I prefere the campag shifters though
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Post by sonofthefrogstar on Dec 4, 2006 17:01:04 GMT
On a slightly different note I've discovered it's no use matching the frame/bar geometry of the two bikes precisely if one's Campag and the other's Shimano because those HUGE levers on the Shimano seem to stretch my reach a little. I also find them less comfortable for things like 'steep hill pedal dancing' Interesting you should say so - a bike-fit takes that into account just as it does the type of cleats you use.
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