The Campagnolo Thread

This is so fucking bikeradar

What about if we show pictures of Campagnolo in our £40k kitchens?

Your kitchen is decorated in 4K weave? Am assuming the £ sign was a typo.

What type of car do you Campagnolo fans prefer to have your mechanic follow you around in so they can re-index your high end group set every 5km?

An Alfa Romeo, obviously.

With an AA van following the Alfa?

Curiously I have owned both brands but without experiencing any of the apparent negative preconceptions about quality.

I have no real experience of shimano for much the same reasons as I have no experience of Ted Baker clothing, but everything I’ve run from Campagnolo has shifted better than SRAM mechanical

The problem seems to be that the stem is glossy but most seatposts are matte - you could either repaint the stem matte / satin, or make a matte seatpost glossy by sanding it down and re-lacquering it. I'd go with the former as your forks and wheels are matte anyway, and the campag will be less glossy than the DA (which is currently making the glossy stuff fit in).

FRM?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/FRM-Carbon-Sattelstuetze-/233922580213?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Their current alloy one would match the stem id say

https://frmbikeshop.it/FRM-STM-10-TI-Seatpost-p233660182

Hi, I was wondering is anyone could help me identify some Campagnolo parts I have.. They came on a Bob Jackson I recently bought.. bit of a mix, but here goes..

Rear Mech - stamped with Patent 74 on it.. No marking on the front like other neuvo record ones.. and also drilled jockey wheel cages..
Downtube shifters
Cranks - 52/42 with 170 41 9/16 x 20F on the drive side and 170 51 9/16 x 20 on the non drive side
Brake calipers..

It was running a shimano 8 speed rear hub..

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Butchered Nuovo Record Derailleur,
Triomphe/ Victory Shifter,
Athena Monoplaner brakes.
L/R Cranks might be mismatched, at least the year codes are.
Can't tell the model(s) without an overall pic.
Take a look at the catalogues, '88 to '90.

as above but specifically Athena D500 calliper with aftermarket blocks on it...

Deleted - had 2 pages open and posted in wrong thread.

What's the softest way to tell someone who just bought a used bike with 8 or 9sp Campy that they're going to be in for some major stickershock when it comes time to replace the drivetrain?

Asking for a friend.

Don't. Let them learn how magic it is buying vintage bike parts.

You: nice bike insert name here
'Friend': cheers mate
long pause
So, your kids, not college material then?

Thanks for that.. I'll take a nosey at the catalogues..

Ha!

I have a fabled ekar group. And a bunch of new tools.

Slightly intimidating as I've not done a hydraulic install before - but should be fun. Waiting for flat mount adapters, t47 bb tool and then will be away.

Right / rear-mech shifter on my everyday bike has gone wonky. They're Veloce 10s UltraShift, new shape. Thumb shifter is fine, down shift paddle is swinging loose. It shifts ok if I push it forward while pressing left. Feels like a spring that pushes a "tooth" against a ratchet is gone or something.

Any ideas? I've got some donor shifters I think, and The Cycle Clinic has replacement shifter bodies if all else fails.

This has happened to me before - I ended up spraying a load of Muc Off silicone shine inside. I guess it made it super slippy inside the shifter and it got it going again. Worth a go if you’ve got it knocking around

Good shout, I have some silicone spray at the workshop. I’d forgotten about this actually. Need to ride around to a few meetings tomorrow.

If you haven't done it yet, I'd try a thin lubricant like Tri-Flow instead of the silicone spray. I'd be concerned that the silicone spray would leave a coating that would gunk up over time.