Campy owners question
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Campy owners question
Postby trailgumby » Thu May 01, 2014 2:06 am
How do you shift to a harder gear on the rear when your hands are in the drops?
The "ergo" shifters don't look very ergo to me: a long if not impossible stretch to tap the release with your thumb. Same goes for the front shifter on the left. I don't imagine it would be very popular with the sprinters in the peloton.
Or am I missing something?
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Re: Campy owners question
Postby TonyMax » Thu May 01, 2014 7:28 am
I haven't managed to shift up (to a smaller gear in the cassette) with my hands in the drops at all. I just move one hand to the hood and shift then move it back.trailgumby wrote:Hmm. What prompted the question was the photo showing the levers up pretty high on the inside of the brifter.
I don't sprint and hardly ever use the drops so it's not a problem for me, but I can see how it would be, anyone ever noticed what groupsets the Bianchis in Team Belkin are using?
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Re: Campy owners question
Postby KGB » Thu May 01, 2014 7:41 am
I use a semi anatomical bar shape usually and I don't have my hoods jacked up to the sky like most of the lance clones today - I blame shimano for this due to their ridiculously large/long sti levers (the old shape 10speed).
As mentioned, the inside lever is nowhere near as high as those ridiculous Sora levers.
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Re: Campy owners question
Postby TonyMax » Thu May 01, 2014 7:53 am
I can't see any way anyone could reach these from the drops?
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Re: Campy owners question
Postby simonn » Thu May 01, 2014 7:57 am
Maybe if you have small hands a long drop and hold the drops right at the back, but you are not going to reach any levers from there (and I'd argue that your bike might not be set up optimally if you are doing that).
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Postby AUbicycles » Thu May 01, 2014 9:42 am
I have one bike with Campagnolo which I don't ride frequently, so will try and become more aware.
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Re: Campy owners question
Postby eeksll » Fri May 02, 2014 10:18 pm
When trying to use minimum movement to shift using the paddle from both the drops and the hoods, my thumb really only pushes against the very edge of the paddle. But because the paddle only moves in one direction (i.e unlike the shimano brake lever) this works decently well. However, if you have some weight on your hands you will need to lighten them some to do the paddle shift from each position. In contrast when on the hoods of shimano, I can shift quite well on the hoods with a decent amount of weight on the hoods.
A bonus for me is downshifting form the big ring to the little ring when in the drops, ie when i stop for traffic lights i usually only shift the front down (and this habit was learnt with shimano levers). This is much easier on campag than shimano when in the drops.
Go into a store and rest your hands on the hoods of campag levers, you will understand "ergo" . I came from 5600 shimano, the 5700 series look a bit more comfortable.trailgumby wrote:The "ergo" shifters don't look very ergo to me
I have this issue sometimes with my 11 speed 2013 (2012?) chorus shifters.Sychen wrote:Only issue I have is the high spring tension on older 10 speeds that can cause accidental multiple shifts. Newer models have lighter Springs which fixed this problem.
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