News bot Posted September 25, 2020 Share Campagnolo have revealed all the details of their new 1x13 gravel-specific groupset named Ekar. It aims to meet the demands of gravel riding with a wide gear range, the simplicity of 1x and reliability without a weight penalty.Click here to view the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted September 25, 2020 Share damnit just go MTB already will ya! arendoog and Skylark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 26, 2020 Share Not one to criticize Campy but no 50 ?!I need my granny gears But I’m clueless with ratios so I’m guessing with the 9 the too end is sorted and with a smaller chainring it would still get my fat@arse up mountains Edited September 26, 2020 by Waynemol ChrisF, Kom and DieselnDust 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted September 26, 2020 Share damnit just go MTB already will ya!Remember the last time they tried that? intern, JohanDiv, gummibear and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kom Posted September 26, 2020 Share I dont even know where to start with my criticisms of this ... Setting aside that the pricing will probably be astronomical and that the proprietary nature of campy in general will make this a really exclusive product. These are givens so ill try be realistic with my mockery:1 - Honestly, a non direct mount crankset? The integrated spider looks horrible! (and probably a 91.2bcd to ensure no existing chainrings fit, and ill bet they reverse thread it or something silly to make it non-economical for 3rd parties to support it)2 - 13 chainrings - wow! they got here first but, only a 44t big chain ring? Who needs 13 ratios to gravel grind, this is not road racing.3 - The Cassette is Built on two blocks - SRAM mastered eagle with a single block cassette, meaning a far more solid construction (literally) no creeks. There is no doubt that this launch is targeted at the gravel crowd who are emerging from the exotic road crowd who want their exotic frames to be donned with exotic jewellery - i totally get it, for them SRAM or Shimano is just a non starter. DieselnDust, JohanDiv, Schnavel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted September 26, 2020 Share I dont even know where to start with my criticisms of this ... Setting aside that the pricing will probably be astronomical and that the proprietary nature of campy in general will make this a really exclusive product. These are givens so ill try be realistic with my mockery:1 - Honestly, a non direct mount crankset? The integrated spider looks horrible! (and probably a 91.2bcd to ensure no existing chainrings fit, and ill bet they reverse thread it or something silly to make it non-economical for 3rd parties to support it)2 - 13 chainrings - wow! they got here first but, only a 44t big chain ring? Who needs 13 ratios to gravel grind, this is not road racing.3 - The Cassette is Built on two blocks - SRAM mastered eagle with a single block cassette, meaning a far more solid construction (literally) no creeks. There is no doubt that this launch is targeted at the gravel crowd who are emerging from the exotic road crowd who want their exotic frames to be donned with exotic jewellery - i totally get it, for them SRAM or Shimano is just a non starter. True, but like ferrari in F1 the cycling word needs Campy to be relevant in all market segments Sid the Sloth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted September 26, 2020 Share Remember the last time they tried that? ya well that was a dismal failure, not so much due to function,..........ok a lot as down to function, but its also twice the price of XTR and 10x more fragile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted September 26, 2020 Share I'll wait for 14 speed Long Wheel Base, Furbz, JohanDiv and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 26, 2020 Share Okayyyyy, was I the only expecting a "600%" ratio from "13 gears" ..... Functionally this offers absolutely nothing that you cant get off the shelf now .... except super small gear ratios, for road use .... But has been said above .... it is the "Farrari" of the cycling world, so sure there is already a long list of back orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark Posted September 26, 2020 Share Anyone want to take a guess how much it will cost?What does an equivalent existing Campy groupset cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted September 26, 2020 Share Anyone want to take a guess how much it will cost?What does an equivalent existing Campy groupset cost?too much + R5000 Tuxstir and Brandon P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Looking at the ratios, they understand that it's for roadies riding their bikes on undulating dirt roads, who know that they should use their mountain bikes for the very steep stuff... Erm Rad? Hat, coat, door... ChrisF, Jewbacca, Owen and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 27, 2020 Share It’s a gravel gruppo, it’s apparently going to be priced similarly to GXR and sram equivalent, it’s not going to have all the usual proprietary normal campy issues but of course there will be some as with many brands - it’s called protecting the brand comrades Remember it’s rivals only offer 11 gears for gravel on their mechanic gruppos Ffs guys do some homework before slamming the best gruppo company in the known universe Ok that may have been a bit much but unless you’ve had Campagnolo then perhaps reserve judgementIt’s a bit like a gold XX1 chain - seems expensive till 10 000kms down the line Edited September 27, 2020 by Waynemol DieselnDust, eddy, Dicky DQ and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted September 27, 2020 Share It wears in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 27, 2020 Share Anyone want to take a guess how much it will cost? 1700€ for the full group. Edited September 27, 2020 by Christie Skylark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kom Posted September 27, 2020 Share It’s a gravel gruppo, it’s apparently going to be priced similarly to GXR and sram equivalent, it’s not going to have all the usual proprietary normal campy issues but of course there will be some as with many brands - it’s called protecting the brand comrades Remember it’s rivals only offer 11 gears for gravel on their mechanic gruppos Ffs guys do some homework before slamming the best gruppo company in the known universe Ok that may have been a bit much but unless you’ve had Campagnolo then perhaps reserve judgementIt’s a bit like a gold XX1 chain - seems expensive till 10 000kms down the lineYoh dude it’s Sunday, no waging keyboard wars like that allowed! Anyway it’s not like the exotics are dominating the Tour, o wait ... Wayne pudding Mol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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