Just built up the Shimagnolo groupset on my AHH. I'm sure many of you have done this. The impetus for me was that my right Ultegra shifter wore out unexpectedly. I had a planned ride to do - the El Tour de Tucson (yes we always say "the El . . ."), so I stole my wife's ultegra shifter for the ride. After a week it also stopped working and I thought - there has to be another way! Not wanting to have to retire shifters when they stop working, I bought some Veloce shifters (10sp) and a Shiftmate, and these are my observations so far.
The JTek Shiftmate was very easy to install once I read the diagram correctly. Once it was on, I simply forgot about it. The quickness of the shifting is excellent, to the point where sometimes it's so fast you're not sure if it shifted (though it did). I like Campy's thumb button for shifting to smaller cogs and chainring - it has a very positive feel and I don't have any problems reaching it from the drops. At first I didn't like the hoods on the Campy shifters as much, but am now getting used to them. I have large hands and felt that maybe they were designed for small hands, but ultimately they just require a slightly different hand position. I love the pivot point and relative reach on the break levers. I have the Silver sidepull brake calipers from Riv, which some have described as "mushy" in the past. I have experienced this too, and though I never really minded it, the leverage I get with the Campy levers with the same amount of effort stops the bike immediately. It is easy to skid the tire even when braking from the hoods. Lastly, I think I like having the shift housing hidden underneath the bar tape. It just cleans up the whole area. I don't ride with a box bag (or any bag) on the front, but I imagine this would make it more functional. I'd be curious about other's observations in mixing Shimano and Campy - I can't see any reason not to do it in the future. Dylan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
