...my dad always rode campy and I'd rather ride Italian made them Jap.
ArmOnFire said:"Shimano breaks, Campy breaks in."
Don't touch the barrels - you'll just throw all of that nice Campy karma out of whack that took 2 years to form!breesej said:...My drivetrain needed minor adjustments while the cables stretched, but I haven't touched the barrel adjusters in 2 years. I suppose I should move them a little just to make sure they still work.
The new Shimano brakes are just plain awesome. With the right tires it feels that you could pull a stoppie or buckle a carbon fork, my Campy brakes aren't all that great. I know the pads and rims make a huge difference in performance, but off the showroom floor I was amazed with Shimano brakes.
Wurm said:Don't touch the barrels - you'll just throw all of that nice Campy karma out of whack that took 2 years to form!
Seriously - and I'm trying to look at it objectively rather than to "pick on" Shimano - but why a brake set that's far more powerful than it needs to be? It doesn't give better modulation or feel, does it?
If not, I don't see that as a particular selling point when my Centaur and Avid Shorty 4 brakes do the job just fine. I can skid my tires at a mere touch, so why would I want brakes that could "buckle a carbon fork"??
Wurm said:Brade fade can be an issue, but I've not had it be so with a normal set of well-adjusted dual-pivot brakes with good pads on a road frame. Single-pivot brakes I've owned like Cane Creek's can be more of a problem, but then that's an issue you knowingly take on to save some weight.
Discs are also popular on MTB's for the fact that the rims don't take the abuse from dirt and grit being ground into them, which alone causes otherwise good rim brakes not to grip as well. If it were mainly about weaker brakes/brake fade, we'd probably start seeing discs on roadies.
Kaboom said:So what do u people ride out there? shimano or campy?
pvillekaiser said:Once you go Campagnolo you will NEVER go back!!!
pvillekaiser said:Once you go Campagnolo you will NEVER go back!!!
sbwirtz said:Both.
Campy on my Italian steel (who puts Shimano on chrome lugged steel?) and Shimano on my Taiwanese CF with relaxed geometry.
I much prefer Campy hoods/shifters-- they just feel more natural, but other than that I am hard pressed to ascertain much of a difference in quality between the two.
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