Quote Originally Posted by metaphor View Post
Thanks for the feedback!

I guess I'm not outgrowing the gearing as much as I'm stuck between gears right now. I spend most of my time on the bottom end of of the 42 ring (11-13). If I switch to the 53 it's hard for me to find a gear that I'm comfortable in for long in without crossing the chain too much. The campy group set seems to be much more tolerant of crossing in the 42 ring than the 53 ring. I had thought adding 2 more gears with the 10 speed would help me build up strength gradually so I could be in the big gear more.

I looked at buying a new group set and that is going to be $600-700 in parts, I wanted to stick with Campy. I think the back wheel can be rebuilt to allow the bigger cassette, but I need to see if any bike shops around here do that.

I did test ride the Trek Madone and it felt much better than the Trek 2.3 I rode earlier but still was no where near the lively feel of my current bike. I've been going to the Trek store because they seem the have the nicest customer service of the shops I've been too.

I did think about keeping both bikes but I'm a little limited on space.
What about putting a different crankset on the bike? Maybe a compact double, or just swapping some chain rings? Or maybe a different cassette with slightly lower gearing is in order? Just some thoughts....I'm not as familiar with Campy as Shimano, so I don't know off-hand what parts are readily available in 8-speed.