How well (or poorly?) will my Campy 8-speed front der. shift a 10-speed setup?

I'm long overdue to upgrade to Ergo, and I'd like to do it as cheaply
as possible. Will there be any major problems with a circa 1990 8-speed
derailleur on a 2005 10-speed setup?

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I'm long overdue to upgrade to Ergo, and I'd like to do it as cheaply
as possible. Will there be any major problems with a circa 1990 8-speed
derailleur on a 2005 10-speed setup?


Have you paid the 10 speed upgrade fee to Campagnolo yet? If not, you can't
do it.

Lee

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:17:09 -0700, a.b.patrick wrote:

I'm long overdue to upgrade to Ergo, and I'd like to do it as cheaply
as possible. Will there be any major problems with a circa 1990 8-speed
derailleur on a 2005 10-speed setup?

A Campy Ergo shifter will shift any front derailleur. It's not indexed in
the front.

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Thanks. I'm not worried about the indexing, but rather about sloppy
shifting from a very wide front-derailleur. I haven't measured but it
seems to be quite a bit wider than the 10-speed derailleur on my other
bike.

I did just the same thing this spring. In my opinion, the front derailleur
shifts the narrow chain just fine.

Paul

wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm long overdue to upgrade to Ergo, and I'd like to do it as cheaply
as possible. Will there be any major problems with a circa 1990 8-speed
derailleur on a 2005 10-speed setup?

Lee wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm long overdue to upgrade to Ergo, and I'd like to do it as cheaply
as possible. Will there be any major problems with a circa 1990 8-speed
derailleur on a 2005 10-speed setup?


Have you paid the 10 speed upgrade fee to Campagnolo yet? If not, you can't
do it.

Lee

You do that only at mailorder, not a bike shops.

use the front der or any front der for that matter, The superior design
of ERGO allows you to use just about any front derailleur/crank combo.

I have used ERGO shifters on Mavic and even Super Record front ders
with great success

Thanks, and speaking of cranks, will the 8-speed chainrings work or are
they too wide for the chain? If too wide, is the bolt pattern still the
same? The cranks I currently have are the original, Chorus from 1989 or
1990. I don't much like them (they seem to have a very wide Q-factor
compared to newer cranks), so I wouldn't mind swapping them out (except
for the cost of course).

wrote:
Thanks, and speaking of cranks, will the 8-speed chainrings work or are
they too wide for the chain? If too wide, is the bolt pattern still the
same? The cranks I currently have are the original, Chorus from 1989 or
1990. I don't much like them (they seem to have a very wide Q-factor
compared to newer cranks), so I wouldn't mind swapping them out (except
for the cost of course).

Use the '8s' rings. rings didn't actually get thinner for 9s and 10s,
they just, in some cases, moved closer together, they didn't get
thinner.

I just upgraded from a Campy 8s downtube shifters to 10s Ergopower
Centaur thru my LBS. They said I neede new chainrings and a new from
derailleur. I should have checked in here first and saved myself some
money!

wrote:
I just upgraded from a Campy 8s downtube shifters to 10s Ergopower
Centaur thru my LBS. They said I neede new chainrings and a new from
derailleur. I should have checked in here first and saved myself some
money!

yup!!
Campagnolo isn't a black art, just bike stuff that 'bicycle shops'
should be educated about.