Sram Red, Campy Chorus or Dura Ace

[Harry Potter]

Italian bike + Campy = Bragging rights.

 

Any other bike + Sram/Shimano = “Sorry jou arm gat”

[Mish100]

Thanks for the great response guys.

 

At the moment I still wanna go SRAM RED but these post are pushing me slowly towards Campag.

 

Lets see how the day goes and who know maybe by the end of it I will have been persuaded.

[AndreZA]

Do you only have the one bike? If this is a second then none of the stuff would be compatible between the two. Two sets of racing wheels (if you have such a thing), two sets of tools. Campy parts are very expensive even the lower tier stuff.

[Mish100]

I sold all my bike stuff and only have a cheap training bike so it dont make a real difference.

 

I know a bianchi goes nicer with campag but I am just worried that I wont like the way it shifts against sram red which I rode before.

[AndreZA]

I sold all my bike stuff and only have a cheap training bike so it dont make a real difference.

 

I know a bianchi goes nicer with campag but I am just worried that I wont like the way it shifts against sram red which I rode before.

 

The upshifting (going to a smaller ring) is awkward when you are rinding on the hoods. The lever or button is behind your thumb and not just at your fingertips like the eastern products.

[Mish100]

Mampara you scaring me

 

I might borrow a bike with a campy groupo over the weekend.

 

Thats gonna be best thing to do.

[Tankman]

Thanks for the great response guys.

 

At the moment I still wanna go SRAM RED but these post are pushing me slowly towards Campag.

 

Lets see how the day goes and who know maybe by the end of it I will have been persuaded.

 

 

Dont let anyone convince you otherwise! Ride what you like! That is the bottom line, you are the one that is going to have to spend so many hours with the groupo, not everyone else here on the hub!

 

This "Italian bike MUST have Crampy" is all bullcrap!

[bikemonster]

I haven't ridden any of the SRAM gruppos. I have no doubt that by any serious measure, they are every bit as good as Shimano or Campagnolo.

 

After years of riding Shimano 105, when I got my current bike I upgraded it to Record 10 speed. I absolutely love it, I've never had a difficulty with the way it shifts and I kind of like the way shifts sound like a gunshot going off.

 

I've read about people with the Campagnolo logo as a tattoo. But I can't imagine anybody with the Shimano or SRAM logo as a tattoo. That is the difference!

 

Like I've said many times before, if you're not being paid to ride your bike, you really don't need anything better than Tiagra (or equivalent from other brands). If you want better and can afford it, fill your boots!

 

Italian bike brand...Italian gruppo. What's to think about?

[Cyclewizz]

 

I know a bianchi goes nicer with campag but I am just worried that I wont like the way it shifts against sram red which I rode before.

 

I'm going to solve your problem for you Joey.

Put a Campag groupset on the Bianchi and then if you don't like it you can just sell the bike to me for half price (it's even my size) :D :D

 

Then you can buy a TREK and put SRAM Red on it :lol:

 

(A hubber posted on a thread that he'd been using his Campag groupset for 10 years without any problems, never heard that from a Shimano/SRAM user)

 

Viva CAMPAG !!!!

[AndreZA]

A hubber posted on a thread that he'd been using his Campag groupset for 10 years without any problems, never heard that from a Shimano/SRAM user

 

Viva CAMPAG !!!!

 

Well I've been using Shimano for 16.5 years and not a days problem. Was on Campag for 6 months and the cassette lost a tooth and could not afford to replace it. It was 9 years ago and it was R350 then and it was only Daytona (before they changed to Centaur).

[Tankman]

I haven't ridden any of the SRAM gruppos.

 

Maybe Go and ride one then before suggesting what groupset someone else should choose

 

I've read about people with the Campagnolo logo as a tattoo. But I can't imagine anybody with the Shimano or SRAM logo as a tattoo. That is the difference!

 

I will get a Pinarello tattoo any day, but a groupset No, groupsets are almost consumables. The bike last you a lot longer than the groupset normally.

 

Italian bike brand...Italian gruppo. What's to think about?

 

I for one dont have short little stubby hands and fingers like the Italians does, thats why I dont like Crampy, my hands just wanna Cramp when I think about it

[Bbox]

Even The name is Beautiful!

[gummibear]

 

I've read about people with the Campagnolo logo as a tattoo. But I can't imagine anybody with the Shimano or SRAM logo as a tattoo. That is the difference!

 

 

I have seen a few guys with the SRAM frog tattoo but never a Shimano tat.

[Cyclewizz]

Well I've been using Shimano for 16.5 years and not a days problem. Was on Campag for 6 months and the cassette lost a tooth and could not afford to replace it. It was 9 years ago and it was R350 then and it was only Daytona (before they changed to Centaur).

 

Have you been using Shimano for 16.5 years or have you been using the exact same Shimano grupset for 16.5 years ??

 

I've used Shimano (Sora; 105 & Ultegra) everything works but once I started using Campag I was hooked.

[bikemonster]

Maybe Go and ride one then before suggesting what groupset someone else should choose

 

If I was making any claims (positive or otherwise) your comment would be spot on the money.

 

In every post I've made in this thread, I've made it abundantly clear - or so I thought - that I was addressing the topic from an emotional and subjective point of view because the OP was undecided between the three options.

 

You stated that the whole Italian gruppo on an Italian bike is bullcrap. And it is. In fact, this whole grown ups riding bikes thing is bullcrap. But it it is fun.

 

Just about every choice we make with bikes is really an emotional one. Tires, frame, gruppo, the jersey we wear, bidons vs. Camelbak, all of it. If a brand doesn't resonate with you you won't enjoy it. That doesn't make it a bad product, just one that you have no interest in using.

[Harry Potter]

 

 

Just about every choice we make with bikes is really an emotional one. Tires, frame, gruppo, the jersey we wear, bidons vs. Camelbak, all of it. If a brand doesn't resonate with you you won't enjoy it. That doesn't make it a bad product, just one that you have no interest in using.

Now that is a good answer, the word resonate let me think of a Power Balance band.