Originally Posted by
georges1
Campagnolo Record and Chorus dual pivot brakes weren't as good as Dura Ace or Ultegra and the Campy Chorus and C record rear derailleur, front derailleur, bottom bracket and crank were much heavier than their Shimano counterparts. Aesthetics of the ergopower is a personal opinion. Bombproof that depends how they have been maintained previously. Campy wasn't making the lightest groupsets in the mid 90's , Shimano beat them by a wide margin.
1. Disagree on the dual pivots...they are pretty equally good across the board.
2. Campy 8-9 brifter stuff is definitely stouter (heavier), but also feels solid in operation.
3. Shimano crapped the bed with the splined BB/Cranksets.
Maybe we should all agree that Campy-Shimano 8-9 speed eras were the best! Shimano won the 6-7 indexing and Superbe-Sprint-Cyclone was the best of the friction era! Though I am excited to try the Mavic rebuildables friction stuff when I build up a Peugeot.
Like I said previously, I would have loved to have seen SunTour survive and watch their take on the modern era. Sachs-Huret as well.
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