Ok,. so i took it to a bike shop 3 days before my training camp holiday in Spain. This is a bike
shop I trust and go to regularly. They serviced the bike of course and said that the shifting of the
left hand lever was very erratic and sluggish and didn't compare favourably to the shifting of the
other bikes in the workshop. They said I'd get away with the poor shifting but it would be a
terrible shame if it ruined my cycing holiday (in Spain).
As these levers are no longer sold, let alone individually they came up with idea of using a barend
lever to shift the front rings. This work very well.
The reason I'm after the campag ergos is that I've got a little bit of money coming to me and a new
set of (record 8 speed) levers on the bike would look fine. The rsx levers are scratched but have
served me well over the past 6 years. I could get by with what I've got, but I'm just like most
people I suppose, I don't always go for the cheapest option.
Michael Anderson
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Isaacs" <
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:29 AM Subject: Re: 8 Speed Shifters
> >My summer bike is a very comfortable machine to ride, however its rsx
levers
> >have started to fail, the left hand lever gave up the ghost last week.
>
> Just curious what happened to the lever and wondering if you flushed it
with
> WD-40 before deciding it was a goner.
>
> jon
"Michael Anderson" <
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> My summer bike is a very comfortable machine to ride, however its rsx
levers
> have started to fail, the left hand lever gave up the ghost last week.
I've
> been informed of a shop that sells campag 8 speed levers (record &
mirage),
> and I'm tempted to buy a set and see if they work with my rsx groupset.
>
> I've read that campag 8 speed levers pull the same amount of cable as shimano 7 speed. Has anyone
> successfully tried this combination.
>
>
> Michael Anderson