I haven't used the new shape Ergo levers; I have the old shape, like these:
http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Veloce+10+Ergopower+Levers&vendorCode=CAMP&major=1&minor=20 A few years ago, the (lower grade) Veloce were essentially the same as Centaur (higher), as far as the innards go; the only thing different was the shape of the shift blade, which reduced the weight by like 5 grams. I don't know what the difference is between Veloce and Centaur in the new hood shape, other than one has resin blades and the other carbon blades. But as Michael said above, the Centaur also come with alloy levers: http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=25206&category=771 If you're doing CX where there's a risk of taking a digger, the alloy might stand up better in a spill than carbon. On May 25, 7:31 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > I've used both Centaur and Chorus Ergo's in the past and both worked > great. I don't seem to recall changes in hood shape except the 2010 > change. The Centaur and Veloce are available with silver levers if > that makes a difference. > > I've switched to friction on all my single bikes. I am still running > the Veloce 10 speed shifters withan XTR 12-32 8 speed cassette on my > tandem which works great. > > ~Mike~ > > On May 25, 6:22 am, Sean Whelan <strummer_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I have found the Centaur stuff to be completely top notch. (Brakes, hubs, > > BB, derailers, etc.) That being said, I have Chorus levers on my cross > > bike, and have not had any problems with breakage, despite this bike having > > many many rough miles on it. > > > Sean > > > --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Mixing Campy 10 and Shimano 9 - Zinn article? > > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 8:46 AM > > > On May 24, 6:37 pm, CCX <chive...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > i run the centaur alloy levers on my cyclocross bike. they're pretty > > tough in my experience. i expect to go down a few times a season on > > them (and I do), so the alloy is my choice for cx racing. > > > -- > > 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 > 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.
