I like the ergonomics of the way the Campy hoods attach to the bars, but I don't like the thumb operated Campy downshift mechanism. I prefer the Shimano style, but that method is probably patented.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Mark Reimer <marknrei...@gmail.com> wrote: > On the oregon outback I ran into a guy on an Elephant NFE who was running > 11-speed Campy athena brifters (aka the nice silver brifters) with a Shimano > 11-36 TEN speed cassette and XT derailleur. By attached the cable at a > slightly differently location on the bolt, he was able to get perfectly > indexed 10-speed performance with a wide-range shimano cassette, while using > the more comfortable, reliable and rebuildable campy brifters. I was > impressed. > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 4:18 PM, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> There's no arguing that Shimano STI brifters are difficult to repair, >> whether to remove broken cable or to deep clean in order to get them >> shifting properly again. I did it about 15 years ago, successfully, and I >> did my right one recently with the help of some excellent YouTube >> instructions. It's still hard. I'd like to try Campy, will have to look >> into the economics and practicalities of that for the future! Cheers, Steve >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/CooI02eXwyI/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
