I am thinking about putting campy shiftybrakes (ergo power) levers on an RIVENDELL cross bike, with an 8 spd xtr cassette. Do you all have a strong preference between the models of Campy- not record obviously, but chorus seems a bit pricey and the veloce seem about right- how does the centaur line hold up in your opinion? Would I be a fool to stick to the centaur?
I think I would be sort of mad if I crashed, and smashed up a pair of the chorus ergos. Are any of you running a triple? The bike is used about 50 percent trails and dirt. I use a 2x8 with the 38t 52t chainrings and 12-28 xtr or 12-32 if I am feeling whimpy. Rgith now I have suntour bar cons, but it is hard to shift when you can't move your hand off the bars due to the terrain. Have any of you all stripped the torx head on the levers? http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Centaur+10+Ergopower+Carbon&vendorCode=CAMP&major=1&minor=20 On May 22, 11:17 am, David Hallerman <sunwarrio...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 to Aaron. > > I also have used 10-speed Campy shifters with 9-speed Shimano cassettes > and rear derailleurs, using the Jtek Shiftmate gizmo -- and it works > flawlessly for me, too. > > Why try all these kludge solutions, when the Jtek is inexpensive and > works so well? > > On 5/21/10 8:39 PM, Aaron Thomas wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by keeping the same number of gears. Are > > you implying that mixing 10sp shifters with a 9sp cassette is less > > than ideal? If so, I can assure you that I have that setup on two > > bikes and it works flawlessly. > > > Perhaps other people's experience differs depending on the precise > > combination of rear derailleurs and shifters. > > > For what it's worth, on both bikes I have Campy Veloce 10sp shifters, > > Ultegra long cage rear derailleur, and an Ultegra 12-27 9sp cassette. > > Zero problems with this setup. The Jtek works great in my experience. > > > On May 21, 5:23 pm, James Valiensi<valie...@mac.com> wrote: > > >> I have tried several ways to mix Campy and Shimano. > >> This is what I've learned: > >> 1. Third party cassettes suck, stick with the S& C brands. > >> 2. If you keep the same number of gears, the Shift-mate gizmo work very > >> well. > >> 3. Sram chains seem to work very well with both Shimano& Campy. > >> 4. You can rebuild Campy Ergopower levers to 9 or 10 speed (pre 11sp > >> stuff). > > >> Cheers! > > >> On May 21, 2010, at 9:21 AM, rinjin wrote: > > >>> I have Campy 10 components (brifters, derailleurs, cranks) on my Ram > >>> but the rear hub is Shimano. Have used a Wheels Manuf. cassette and > >>> have looked at other options (Jtek shiftmate, etc). I think someone > >>> recently posted a link to a Zinn article about using Shimano 9-sp > >>> cassettes with good results. Searched the archives and can't find the > >>> link...anyone remember the post or have experience with this mix of > >>> parts? > > >>> And, yes, I could just build a Campy rear wheel. But that would be so > >>> easy! > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> Brian > >>> Utah > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > >> James Valiensi, PE > >> Northridge, CA > >> H818.775.1847 M.818.585.1796 > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
