Campy 10sp or 11sp?

[roguedog]

I know this is an old thread but I wanted to bump it cuz I wanted to send a shout out of "THANKS" to Txdoc for turning me onto Campy.

I was out riding my bike with Campy the other day and thinking "Man, I love my Campy. I should really thank Txdoc for persuading me to give it a whirl."

So now I have it on two bikes and I love my Campy. It's easier to shift and the shifting is smooth. One has Chorus w/ the non-ergo shifters and one has Record w/ the ergo shifters. I like 'em both but I've ridden more on the ergo shifters.

Still have Ultegra on my daily commuter and hauler bike though.

So Txdoc, if you're still out there and reading.. THANKS for the push.

[maillotpois]

Very cool! I love my Campy 11 speed (compact double).... and my Campy 10 speed (triple)... and my Campy 9 speed (triple). Yes, I have every possible variation on each of my bikes.

[Eden]

While yes, you can fix a Campy shifter when it breaks, you can also spend an entire night (seriously.... until like 3 or 4 in the morning) running around the evening before a stage race searching for someone who had the parts and the know how and the time to fix one that has had pieces mysteriously fly out of it after a relatively gentle warm up/training ride.....

Whereas with Shimano, even though you'd have to replace the whole thing any bike shop in town could have done it, probably in less than an hour....

(happened to a teammate of mine this spring - who is also very lucky that her nice bike shop guy her home town reads his email before he goes to bed and knows another nice bike shop guy in the town we were racing in who was willing to go back to his shop at midnight to fix the thing... otherwise she would have been stuck sitting around all weekend watching me race, because we carpooled together)

[Biciclista]

or you can take your campy bike into an LBS and all the guys gather around to LOOK at your components. Hmmm, maybe I won't let them work on the derailleur.
But I love my campy and will put up with the inconveniences of owning it.