Originally Posted by
Campag4life
Honestly don't think so.
I believe I will move away from Campy next time...same reaction as Bostic.
I think the theme which even includes Campy 11s is about cable routing and cable friction. 11s seems to be slightly less affected but there are reports on the web that all is not well in Record 11s land either. That said with hyper focus and even routing internally, Campy can be made to work a great deal of the time with vigilance about cable installation. I likely will go through that process here. Bostic if you still have your Campy gruppo, you may want to give it a try as the common theme always seems to come back to cable friction. You changed everything and still couldn't get it to shift...has to be cable friction. DaveSSS has written repeatedly about this and I believe he is right.
Here is an excellent thread that shows that Cervelo's with internal cable routing + Campy 11s does not equal a happy marriage..again due to cable friction:
http://forums.roadbikereview.com/sho...d.php?t=208375
The thing about any gruppo being super fussy about cable friction translates to one thing...a bad design. Why? Because the rear derailleur should have enough power to overcome a high friction shifter by design just like Campy shifts flawless in front no matter what the routing. You NEVER hear of a late model Campy group not shift well in front...for the simple fact that the very strong front derailleurs overcome all cable variance from bike to bike no matter if internally routed or not. Not so with the back derailleur. Copious problems. This shouldn't be.
PS: Cable installation tricks for late model Campy shifters...courtesy of the Zinn-master: For those that haven't had the pleasure

routing the cable through the shifter body is a 'challenge'.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/01/technical-faq/keeping-campys-whatchamacallit-in-its-place_102478
You will then have to change your handle.
Could be why the Italian team Liquigas dumped Campy for Sram.