Where to buy a Campy group?
03-21-12, 03:27 AM
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Where to buy a Campy group?
'sup roadies!
I ride primarily on dirt and have neglected my old Bianchi for quite a while. In an effort to start using my road bike more this year, I'd like to update the components. The bike currently has 9spd Campy Veloce group with standard 53/39 cranks. I'd like to get a new Campy group with a 50/34 compact crankset.
So my questions for the roadie gurus:
-Which is a good mid-level Campy group? I certainly don't need Record or Chorus.
-What's similar or a step above my old Veloce?
-Looks like 10spd is the new standard?
-Lastly, where's a good online store I can get a decent price for a new grouppo?
I ride primarily on dirt and have neglected my old Bianchi for quite a while. In an effort to start using my road bike more this year, I'd like to update the components. The bike currently has 9spd Campy Veloce group with standard 53/39 cranks. I'd like to get a new Campy group with a 50/34 compact crankset.
So my questions for the roadie gurus:
-Which is a good mid-level Campy group? I certainly don't need Record or Chorus.
-What's similar or a step above my old Veloce?
-Looks like 10spd is the new standard?
-Lastly, where's a good online store I can get a decent price for a new grouppo?
03-21-12, 03:41 AM
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I like Centaur and have bought from Ribble, Wiggle, and PBK in England.
03-21-12, 04:19 AM
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My Super Record order from Shiny Bikes should be here on Friday. I'm fairly certain that Shiny Bikes will be the cheapest you can find Campy.
03-21-12, 06:08 AM
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Centaur is a nice group set you can get the crank and shifters in carbon or alloy. Centaur is the step above Veloce.
03-21-12, 06:54 AM
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Shinybikes.com in the UK. Best prices I've seen on Campagnolo groups. I picked up my Record group for $1400. I saw Chorus recently for around $1060. I would not go with anything less than Chorus with the new groups because Athena and below can only shift up one gear at a time. One of the greatest things about Campy groups is the ability to shift up 5 gears with one push of the lever. You need Chorus, Record, or Super Record to get this feature now.
03-21-12, 06:57 AM
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VeloMine can often (but not always) match the UK shop prices and they are based in the US. I like the Athena group, specifically the 2010 group set, but that's going to be hard to find now. Campy had another case of stupid and changed the shifting setup on Athena and lower to try to put a bigger gap between its mid-range and high-end stuff. Read up on PowerShift (I think that's what they're calling it) vs Ultra-Shift. If you can get Chorus for around a grand, I'd say do it.
03-21-12, 07:40 AM
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There's probably a subset of riders that don't care about multiple shifting, so Powershift would be OK for them (but not me).
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Yeah, I actually don't like multiple shifting because I have Shimano and SRAM bikes as well and the whole multi shifting effs me up. I also like the redesigned hoods with the powershift, so it was a-ok for me. Plus I have Centaur 10 speed shifters coupled with an older, used Record that I got for a song and it all shifts like buttah.
I got my stuff from PBK, Wriggle, the bay and my LBS (which is often a good place to check because they might have older NOS stuff laying around that they want to get rid of for a discount).
I got my stuff from PBK, Wriggle, the bay and my LBS (which is often a good place to check because they might have older NOS stuff laying around that they want to get rid of for a discount).
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ok, for all of you who have made a purchase from any of those UK vendors, did you have to pay any kind of import duty or tax? or did you just pay the advertised price and shipping/insurance if appilcable?
03-21-12, 12:11 PM
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I've never had to pay import duty on anything and I've bought a lot of stuff. One caveat is that the largest items I've ever bought from there was a crankset and fenders.
03-21-12, 12:17 PM
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I was not charged any duty or tax. While shiny bikes adds a somewhat hefty shipping charge, it was still cheaper than any other alternative I found whether domestic or UK-based.
03-21-12, 05:39 PM
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+1 on the cost and shipping cost. Same for the taxes. I've bought now 3 groups from them.
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Read this thread I started the other day:
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