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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
This is not a question about compatibility or which is better.
I have 9 road bikes and four have Shimano STI. I recently acquired an 88 Schwinn Circuit that I love and want to put modern components on it. When Shimano went to 10 speed and their prices shot through the roof I assumed I wouldn't buy their STIs again. Even the Tiagra 9sp is now almost $300! So I've considered Campy Veloce. Excel Sports has them for $139, Nashbar for $169. It sounds great but my hands have been trained for 10+ years to quickly shift STIs. I worried that I would be forever making the wrong shift when I jumped on the Campy bike. So has anyone had experience switching back and forth between the two? Please keep in mind that I'm not going to ditch my STIs. I'll be constantly going back and forth between them. TIA, Tom |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
On Mar 2, 1:47 pm, "
wrote: This is not a question about compatibility or which is better. I have 9 road bikes and four have Shimano STI. I recently acquired an 88 Schwinn Circuit that I love and want to put modern components on it. When Shimano went to 10 speed and their prices shot through the roof I assumed I wouldn't buy their STIs again. Even the Tiagra 9sp is now almost $300! So I've considered Campy Veloce. Excel Sports has them for $139, Nashbar for $169. It sounds great but my hands have been trained for 10+ years to quickly shift STIs. I worried that I would be forever making the wrong shift when I jumped on the Campy bike. So has anyone had experience switching back and forth between the two? Please keep in mind that I'm not going to ditch my STIs. I'll be constantly going back and forth between them. TIA, Tom It is not that hard, very intuitive. Besides, if ya go up in stead of down, so what. 2006 Veloce? or 2007? |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
On Mar 2, 3:47 pm, "
wrote: This is not a question about compatibility or which is better. I have 9 road bikes and four have Shimano STI. I recently acquired an 88 Schwinn Circuit that I love and want to put modern components on it. When Shimano went to 10 speed and their prices shot through the roof I assumed I wouldn't buy their STIs again. Even the Tiagra 9sp is now almost $300! So I've considered Campy Veloce. Excel Sports has them for $139, Nashbar for $169. It sounds great but my hands have been trained for 10+ years to quickly shift STIs. I worried that I would be forever making the wrong shift when I jumped on the Campy bike. So has anyone had experience switching back and forth between the two? Please keep in mind that I'm not going to ditch my STIs. I'll be constantly going back and forth between them. You'll be just fine. Ya might want to think about running a Shimano compatible rear wheel and cassette with a Jtek Shiftmate so you can interchange the wheels with the rest of the herd. You can run either a Campy or Shimano rear mech depending on the Shiftmate version. |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
On Mar 2, 4:08 pm, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: It is not that hard, very intuitive. Besides, if ya go up in stead of down, so what. Most of the time it isn't a big deal. When accelerating out of a hole in traffic it can be a very big deal. (I commute in morning rush hour). 2006 Veloce? or 2007?- Hide quoted text - Excel Sports has 2007 for $139: http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?p...endorCode=CAMP Is there a functional difference between 2006 and 2007? I'm wondering why you ask. Tom |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
On 2 Mar 2007 13:47:45 -0800, "
wrote: This is not a question about compatibility or which is better. I have 9 road bikes and four have Shimano STI. I recently acquired an 88 Schwinn Circuit that I love and want to put modern components on it. When Shimano went to 10 speed and their prices shot through the roof I assumed I wouldn't buy their STIs again. Even the Tiagra 9sp is now almost $300! So has anyone had experience switching back and forth between the two? Please keep in mind that I'm not going to ditch my STIs. I'll be constantly going back and forth between them. I've got one of each, and usually ride each at least a couple times a week. When I switch, I usually shift down a gear getting started, and that seems to flip the mental switch that tells me which one I'm riding today. Aside from the first, starting, shift, I probably blow a shift 1-2 times a month. And of those, I can really only remember one upshift heading up a roller that mattered. I have more trouble hitting the middle ring without overshooting on the Shimano bike than I have with the different shifters by a fair margin. Pat Email address works as is. |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
Have both and the switch is easy. The thumb sometimes goes for a ghost
shift on the STI levers, but the fingers figure things out pretty quick by themselves. In terms of prices, I see Centaurs around 169$ or less at lots of places so go with that and try 2006 if possible. (See previous threads for more info. e.g. http://tinyurl.com/2ylqnv.) Josh |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
"landotter" wrote:
wrote: I have 9 road bikes and four have Shimano STI. I recently acquired an 88 Schwinn Circuit that I love and want to put modern components on it. When Shimano went to 10 speed and their prices shot through the roof I assumed I wouldn't buy their STIs again. Even the Tiagra 9sp is now almost $300! So I've considered Campy Veloce. Excel Sports has them for $139, Nashbar for $169. It sounds great but my hands have been trained for 10+ years to quickly shift STIs. I worried that I would be forever making the wrong shift when I jumped on the Campy bike. So has anyone had experience switching back and forth between the two? Please keep in mind that I'm not going to ditch my STIs. I'll be constantly going back and forth between them. You'll be just fine. Ya might want to think about running a Shimano compatible rear wheel and cassette with a Jtek Shiftmate so you can interchange the wheels with the rest of the herd. You can run either a Campy or Shimano rear mech depending on the Shiftmate version. Smokin' deal on the Veloce brifters. That's without a doubt what I'd recommend). I built up the bike I ride the most these days with a Veloce drive train, and haven't ever had a second thought about it. And assuming the rest of your bikes are 9 speed, the mix-and-match wheel options will all work flawlessly (the same applies if they were all 10 speed). I'm like others who say that they find the Campy design more intuitive than the STI shift lever design. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $795 ti frame |
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Switching between Campy Ergo and Shimano STI
On Mar 2, 6:53 pm, "
wrote: Is there a functional difference between 2006 and 2007? I'm wondering why you ask. Campy went to a cheaper lighter shifting mech for 2007 on Veloce and Centaur. I think it will only shift one gear at a time now, whereas the old style shifted multiple gears. Only Chorus and Record will do that now. I bought some 2006 Veloce shifters for $95 a couple of months ago. They look and work very nice... and are lighter than Dura Ace! With Hubbub routing they shift Shimano 9spd drivetrains fine. |
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