I am (relatively) new to cycling and had a Campy question...
I am currently building a bike and it seems my budget for it has taken a dramatic turn for the better! I have had a car sitting around my property for several years and somebody has made me an offer I just could not refuse. My wife says that since the car was mine (had it before the marriage), I could do anything I wanted with it. Up until now I have been "nickel and dime-ing" buying components (eBay Ultegra 10 stuff) as I have been saving up for them. The frame set I'm getting is a Kestrel Talon (waiting on the 2006 model to come out since they are supposed to bring back red as a color option) and I've always LOVED the way the carbon Campy Record components looked!
Currently, I have only been subjected to Shimano components and am used to the way they work. Since I now have enough money to buy all carbon Record stuff...I was wondering how they work (mechanically) compared to Shimano. For instance...on Shimano the brake lever (assembly) shifts the gears in one direction and the paddle thing behind it shifts it back. In looking at the Record levers, it seems the brake levers themselves don't move (in reference to shifting gears)? To make me even more confused, I (think) seen two different pictures of Record shifters, one shows a little lever at the thumb location (like Shimano Sora) and the other one did not have this feature (so it appeared).
Are there two versions?
Does Campy make a Record shifter set that mechanically operates in the same manner as Shimano (no thumb lever)?
Sorry for the long post!
I am currently building a bike and it seems my budget for it has taken a dramatic turn for the better! I have had a car sitting around my property for several years and somebody has made me an offer I just could not refuse. My wife says that since the car was mine (had it before the marriage), I could do anything I wanted with it. Up until now I have been "nickel and dime-ing" buying components (eBay Ultegra 10 stuff) as I have been saving up for them. The frame set I'm getting is a Kestrel Talon (waiting on the 2006 model to come out since they are supposed to bring back red as a color option) and I've always LOVED the way the carbon Campy Record components looked!
Currently, I have only been subjected to Shimano components and am used to the way they work. Since I now have enough money to buy all carbon Record stuff...I was wondering how they work (mechanically) compared to Shimano. For instance...on Shimano the brake lever (assembly) shifts the gears in one direction and the paddle thing behind it shifts it back. In looking at the Record levers, it seems the brake levers themselves don't move (in reference to shifting gears)? To make me even more confused, I (think) seen two different pictures of Record shifters, one shows a little lever at the thumb location (like Shimano Sora) and the other one did not have this feature (so it appeared).
Are there two versions?
Does Campy make a Record shifter set that mechanically operates in the same manner as Shimano (no thumb lever)?
Sorry for the long post!