I'm sure if you looked at your LBS or perhaps someone in a local club, that you could find someone who rides Campy.

With that said, I own several bikes with Campy, and personally would not use anything else. AS others have mentioned, Campy is very smooth, as all of them are, and the added advantage is that when the shifter wears out you simply have a set of springs installed...rather than throwing the shifter away. It seems to me that all of the companies, have models in their line up now where the reach is shorter... so you simply may have to ask which model is the shortest.

AS someone who has been using Campy since the very early 90's, so I can also attest that the drivetrain wears a bit longer as well... I have way more miles on my cassettes than what I could get from Shimano... just another tidbit.

Building a new bike is very exciting, definitely post some pictures when your new bike is ready!!


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