My Riv Road was set up for many years with full Chorus 9 speed, the ones with the rounded hoods. They looked great, functioned great, and every 10k miles the shifting would get soft and for $10 and 30 to 40 minutes I could put in new springs. First time took longer, but it was doable. I did have a spring carrier break, but since it was housed inside the lever, it didnt' affect shifting that much and was able to get home.
For my Lighthouse, in 2014, I wanted to do a Shimergo set up. I had Dura Ace 7700 derailleurs, and bought a new set of 2011 or 12 Athena 11 speed levers, to mate to a nine speed rear set up. Worked great! Not for long. The right shifter gave up the ghost in 6 or 7 k miles, no way to rebuild it, it needed all new innards for $90. Called Campy, they actually were under warranty, and they fixed it for me (or gave me a new one, I forget) In the meantime, I picked up a set of Chorus ergos from 2013 or 14, new, and they shifted great, but I only got 10k miles out of them before the shifting got vague in the middle of the cassette. Again, the innards needed to be replaced for $90. I then set the bike up with Dura Ace bar cons and rode it that way until a few weeks ago. I never had a Shimano STI set up, and saw a set of Sora nine speed levers on Ebay. I find them to be awesome! Shifting is great, compatible with Gran Cru brakes I use. It did take me about a week to get comfortable with use, but now it's instinctive. The hoods and lever shape are super comfortable, easy to set up, and replacement hoods are available. Mark R SDCA On Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 10:41:54 PM UTC-7 Peter Bridge wrote: > Thank you for reiterating that minus two guideline. > > On Monday, June 1, 2026 at 6:49:03 PM UTC-7 Eric Marth wrote: > >> I didn't get into the weeds with the Campy/Shimano pairing but as a rule >> of thumb, Campy shifters will move two fewer gears with a Shimano derailer: >> Campy 10 -- shifts Shimano 8. Campy 9 — shifts Shimano 7. >> >> If you use alternate cable clamping at the rear derailer you can add a >> gear: Campy 10 -- shifts Shimano 9. Campy 9 — shifts Shimano 8. >> >> You can get 1:1 shifting by adding a J-tek Shiftmate but I'd rather take >> the lost gear penalty because I don't like the way they look :0) >> >> On Monday, June 1, 2026 at 8:43:22 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi Brent, >>> >>> I'm running Shimergo on my '04 Ram. It's got a 3x9 with a Deore XT RD >>> and Shimano 105 FD, controlled by a set of early 2000 Centaurs with silver >>> levers and shifters. I followed Ronnie Romance's YouTube video that Roman >>> at Riv linked to on the page describing his Roadini. IIRC, I got that set >>> of Centaurs off of FB marketplace for ~$75 shipped. I've also paid double >>> that for sets of Centaurs and Records that were advertised as fully >>> functional but could use some repair. Branford Bike and South Salem >>> Cycleworks were both very informative and helpful re spare parts for >>> repairs. I asked the sellers to click through the left brifter to help >>> determine if it can handle a 3x up front. Hope that helps! >>> >>> Best, >>> Victor >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, June 1, 2026 at 2:45:27 PM UTC-7 Brent Eastman wrote: >>> >>>> thanks Eric! I tried to bait you with “scampy”, and agree it should be >>>> the universal term for this eclectic mixing of groupsets. >>>> >>>> Nick, I haven’t found a decent looking shimano integrated shifter. the >>>> modern ones are all super bulbous and plasticky. the older ones i’ve found >>>> are all smashed up. but i’m open to suggestions!! >>>> >>>> On Jun 1, 2026, at 2:00 PM, Eric Marth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Brenton — The only brifters I've run are Campagnolo Ergopower >>>> Chorus 10-speed to Shimano 9-speed. If you're open to running an 8 speed >>>> Shimano cassette you could keep an eye out for Ergopower 9 shifters and >>>> you'll have more to chose from. >>>> >>>> >>>> I haven't run the Ergopower shifters with a 3x. Given Campy's road >>>> racing pedigree I'm not sure they're designed to handle a triple. >>>> >>>> Ergopower prices are tough. To give you an idea, here's a set of 9-speed >>>> Chorus shifters <https://www.ebay.com/itm/157927793076> in nice shape >>>> for $185 with 21 watchers. Veloce and Centaur series are often cheaper >>>> than >>>> Chorus or Record. Also, make sure you know what you're getting. The search >>>> feature on eBay has seriously degraded recently and search results capture >>>> far more than search parameters. "Campagnolo 10 speed shifters" will show >>>> you 8, 9 and 11 speed shifters. If you add quotation marks you'll get more >>>> accurate results. Search *Campagnolo "10" speed shifters *and you'll >>>> weed out the other stuff. >>>> >>>> People still like the Ergopower shifters, fair amount of demand. >>>> Because they're rebuildable, people often hold onto them for parts. A lot >>>> of the listings I've seen are in Europe and getting them is more expensive >>>> now with tariffs and international shipping being what they are (bad). I'd >>>> say hold out for a nice set, I often see them come up with lots of >>>> scratches. Saved eBay searches are great for this. I'd expect to pay >>>> $150-$200 for a set in nice shape, plus shipping. >>>> >>>> If you have a good local bicycle co-op you might do better. Or get >>>> lucky on local marketplace. >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> >>>> On Monday, June 1, 2026 at 3:46:39 AM UTC-4 Nick Payne wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm wondering why you're chasing Campagnolo shifters when your >>>>> derailleurs are Shimano. It used to be that you could mate Campagnolo 11s >>>>> shifters with Shimano 9s derailleur and cassette and get good indexed >>>>> shifting (I ran that combination for several years from about 2010 >>>>> onwards), but Campagnolo changed their 11s cable pull around 2015, so >>>>> you'd >>>>> need pre-2015 Campagnolo shifters for that combination to work. If you >>>>> want >>>>> Shimano 9s integrated brake/shifter levers, I think they still make Sora >>>>> 2x9 and 3x9 shifters, otherwise you're looking at NOS or 2nd hand for the >>>>> higher level stuff. Microshift also make Shimano-compatible 2x9 and 3x9 >>>>> integrated road shifters. >>>>> >>>>> Nick Payne >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/y9Av2jmR5QE/unsubscribe >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4fe5ce11-b2f3-40cd-9fe4-fe84a73ddb0dn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4fe5ce11-b2f3-40cd-9fe4-fe84a73ddb0dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> -- 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 [email protected]. 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