Re: Wrong Again.

On 1/20/2025 6:17 PM, cyclintom wrote:

I took my BMC with an 12 speed Campy Record group out on Sunday and contrary to the opinion I had about the extra gears not being helpful, I, in fact, discovered that the extra gears went right inbetween the normal gears I had been using for climbing.
 Now this might have been because I was pissed off at Campy because they do not make spare parts as they should but what I did was to swap out my Campy groups for 10 speed Dura Ace.
 I bought a full rebuild assembly for my disabled 12 speed levers and will fit these on my DeRosa Merak. I must have an extra set of Campy wheels somewhere but if I don't, $400 will buy a set of new Khamsin wheels from Amazon and my wife has an active Prime account. Ot I can fit a 12 speed freehub to the set of new Superteam wheels I have sitting here. This would leave me needing a 12 speed chain and cassette. The DeRosa is an aluminum main triangle and carbon fiber ends and is lighter than the BMC SLC01.
 As for the Dura Ace 10 speed parts. They are very useful since unlike the 10 speed Campy components you could get long arm derailleurs for them and shift large road gears like my 11-36's. So I could get a pretty penny for them and one set of levers alone will pay for the full Campy 12 speed lever rebuild assembly from Canada before import taxes come into effect.
 Looking at this stack of freehubs I have here I think that I aleady have a Campy 12 speed if it fits on the Superteam wheels.
 While the Dura Ace 9000 brakes are very nice brakes it was shocking how much better the Campy brakes were, Not that they stopped any better but were so much more keenly controlable with the braking occuring over a parger span of the brake lever.
 I guess I simply didn't notice these refinements when I was using them every day.
 In any case I should say that the LTWoo (R9) 11 speed levers shift like a Campy lever but use all Shimano parts since they have the same pull ratios.
 And since I was using the Giro shoes I didn't have particularly sore feet when I removed them. I'm hoping that Sidi Genius shoes work as well but the Sidi Carbon shoes are a little tight on the the lateral plantar nerve.
 The Campy 12 speed has a limit of 34 tooth on the cassette but I don't seem to be gaining anything with the Shimano 36 tooth. I am going so slow that control becomes a problem and not strength.

"As for the Dura Ace 10 speed parts. They are very useful since unlike the 10 speed Campy components you could get long arm derailleurs for them "
Keywords for search: Record 10sp triple RD or Campagnolo Racing T 10sp RD.
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By the way, regarding "pissed off at Campy because they do not make spare parts as they should ",  where do you buy your Dura Ace gear wire capstan for the STi levers?  If I recall that was the Campagnolo part you broke.
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