Originally Posted by
Dfrost
One of the great benefits of Campagnolo brifters is their rebuild-ability. My several 8-spd sets have only needed a few rebuilds in the almost 20 years that my wife and I have been using them. The job is easy with the right instructions, and parts have been inexpensive, although some are no longer being made for 8-psd.
Yes, it's too bad Campagnolo stuff isn't in wide use in North America. It seems to be good stuff, and if you shop around, it's not more expensive than Shimano.
There is a guy here on BF who has written instructions on servicing a few model brifters. They are excellent, but there is variation among the models, so I doubt he has covered all models. It's not as nice as having Campagnolo in the first place, but sometimes you have to deal with what you have on hand.