After a brief use of Campy drivetrain (Veloce 10 years ago), I bought some new 11sp Super Record (shifters and brakeset) and Record (derailleurs) components and installed on one of my bikes. After about 200 miles, here is what I found:
- Love the hoods, much more natural for my hands
- The shifting is great. There isn't that little delay normally associated with SRAM or the lack of feedback with Shimano. The Campy SR/R seem to strike a great balance between smoothness and feedback
- Like the Ultra-shift where I can down shift several gears with one press, and was useful in the rolling terrain I ride here
- Set up was pretty easy, comparable to Shimano, and probably less fussy than SRAM. Even with my Rotor Q-rings (mid-compact) crankset, set up was pretty easy. Just a tiny bit of rub when I am in small ring/biggest cog. I may be able to adjust my crankset to get rid of that.
- The cassette I am using is 12-32, and I don't seem to have any problem with that

This got me really interested in trying the Athena for my steel bike because I really like the silver retro look of the Athena group. I am looking at the new 11sp group. So here are the questions:
1. how is Athena compare to SR/R in terms of performance?
2. are the hoods the same?
3. I don't think Ultra-shift is available on Athena, but I heard it may be for 2015. Is that true?

Like others said in the other thread, Campy SR/R are the bee's knees. They really are and I am liking it so far.