I have had better service out of more expensive components. All my Dura Ace stuff has been flawless, but it has been 7700 DT shifters or bar cons. Brakes, bearings, etc, perfecto!
All my high end Campy stuff has been fantastic, lasts forever, blah blah blah blah. That said, when I built up my new LIghthouse this year, I wanted silver components and opted for Athena 11 ergo levers (shifting a nine speed Dura Ace drive train). Worked great, shifters lasted 1500 miles! I guess this was a known issue with the powershift levers, replaced them with carbon Chorus levers, they are getting better the more I ride them (about 2500 miles or so). I find them breaking in, not breaking down, and the only thing I don't like is the color. But I am over that. Campy did warranty the broken Athena lever, so I will keep them as spares. I have run 10's of thousands of miles on Chorus nine and Record nine levers, they just kept shifting! Once every few years I would replace a spring (5 bucks) in the shifter and it was good for another 10 k or more miles. This was on the early rounded hood levers, not the later ones, nor the early pointy hood ones. I never had much luck with Phil stuff, so I don't put my money there. Mark www.youtube.com/howtostretch SDCA On Friday, November 28, 2014 2:31:54 PM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: > > I > It's a fact that STI shifters are more prone to falling out of alignment > than bar end shifters, but I also have a Campy Athena 11spd group that I > didn't need to trim once in three years... That group is hands down the > best performing and most reliable group I've ever seen. Plus, it comes in > SILVER! The hoods are incredibly comfortable, it shifts so smoothly (even > under load), the brakes are excellent, and the chains last forever. It is > definitely more expensive up front, but in the long run my 105 groups have > cost me much more money in replacement cables, chains, housing, and other > parts. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
