<br />It's an age old debate but has recently caused me some constrenation (not constipation wise guy!) so I thought I'd ask my cyber buddies to answer the question.<br /><br />Right - I have a quite new Look AL274 frame (awesome and higly recommended!), with pretty new Mavic Classics SSC wheels and a 6 year old Record/Chorus mix gruppo. Time has come to change said gruppo - but to what?<br /><br />I love Shimano's splined and hollow crankset/bb combo but I also love Campy's reliability. I hate that little plastic lever behind the carbon one on Record shifters. I hate Shimano STI's gear cables sticking out from the lever. <br /><br />Throw the fact that my racing wheels and the Mavic Classics are both Campy (no upgrade needed for 10spd Campy but new splines needed for a change to Shimano) and it's a tough decision.....<br /><br />Shimano is also miles cheaper than Campy in South Africa - not to mention back up for Campy being worse.<br /><br />The sleepless nights are killing me people - tell me what you think and I'll buckle under the peer pressure and buy summin.<br /><br />What say ye? Japanese or Italian?<br />