Tom, Campagnolo, the name that illicits a response form all cyclists. The company dipped in mystique and tradition. My Campy response is blech! In the 70s I bought a Record groupo to go on my new frame for racing. the bits were oh so pretty and prestigous and expensive. But then I found out the hard way that the Record headset would pit if you tightened it just slightly too much. And that Record cranks had a built in stress riser and were prone to break. I ended up breaking two of them before I replaced it with a 1986 era Dura-Ace crank that i am using to this day. At some point around 1980, I rode a friends bike with Suntour components and realized the rear derailer worked much better (slant parallelogram design copied by Campy & everyone else today) and the Suntour brakes actually stopped the bike! Then there was the 110bcd Campy crank that offset one of the arms just a tad so you would have to buy Campy chainrings. Today I have long since sold off all my racing wheels, cleats, and Campy bits for Shimano/Suntour/TA parts that cost a fraction and work as well or much better. Campy will always have that glorious history, and still has prestige for some reason. And Campy certainly has some impressive prices! oh and the 11 cogs! I will say their brifters are nice and the Athena 11 speed brifter will shift a 9 speed Shimano drivetrain nicely. But in my mind's eye putting Campy parts on an Atlantis is like putting a designer spoiler on a Jeep. Not that there is anything wrong with that!
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:25:06 PM UTC-6, sanjoser wrote: > hello everyone > > I've had a mix of components on my atlantis for it's life, these 10 years > or so. > different shifters, hubs, gears, drivetrain, etc. > I've got the urge to do an upgrade, and I'd really like to go campy. I've > been > advised that my chris king hubs are fine, so long as they get serviced > every > six months, so I guess I'll keep those, but everything else is up for > change. > This is my goto bike for commuting and tours. I guess I don't have to > explain that > to this group. > So, what 's the consensus? > best regards > tom > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ipXWriJmiHAJ. 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.
