The Campagnolo Thread

I suppose youve done the usual things like applying good grease to the right surfaces. Where in the stroke is the creak happening? Are you using press fit or threaded bb? Is the wavy washer on correctly?

yeh grease in right places. Downstroke I guess when standing on the pedals it happens on point. Not so much / at all while in the saddle. Threaded bb. Yeh It seems to be installed correctly..

General views on 12 speed?

Works pretty well — have 48/32 x 11–34 Chorus. 12V cassette fitted straight on to Record hubs. Levers very comfortable and easy to use. Was surprised to find brake shoes are Shimano-pattern though!

Anyone got a spare set of 11 speed shifters and a rear mech they’d sell me? I’ve put a wanted add out asking to trade an 11 speed di2 group for a Campagnolo carbon mechanical group - anyone here up for it? I don’t need cranks or brakes at the moment

Nothing wrong with the install ;)

There are a bunch of different theories as to why and when this can happen. In the past I’ve hammered ultra torque bearings through flooded lanes where they’ve been submerged for some pretty long stretches of road (I’m not exaggerating) and they’ve still not creaked. Any bearings I’ve had that have creaked I’ve often found were silenced by some deftly deployed dry lube dripped between the crank arm and the cup.

Having a bit of an issue with the shifting on my Record 11s rear Mech-the chain is not meshing properly with the higher up (ie the one behind the mech itself) of the two jockey wheel in some higher gears (although not all)-it's missing this jockey and running alongside it so if I backpedal for any reason (such as stopped at lights etc) the chain catches and gets snarled up.

Is this just a case of poor adjustment or another issue.? Anyone else experienced this?I can't seem to get the 'tuning' of the gears quite right on this set up so it runs smoothly on all and shifts to all the gears, but that could just be my own ineptitude....

Nothing wrong with the install ;)

correct :) perfect install. i'll try lube before bike shop - thanks again :)

Nothing wrong with the install ;)

correct :) perfect install. i'll try lube before bike shop - thanks again :)

Got the right pulley wheels? Installed in the right location and orientation? Is the chain correctly routed through the derailleur? If you look at the derailleur from behind, is the pulley wheel correctly aligned with the chain/cassette cog? Is the derailleur hanger correctly aligned/not bent?

everything seems fine, jockey wheels are correct and all installed/routed ok-except when I shift sometimes the derailleur seems to pull/hang inwards at at a very slight angle, as if it's only half completed the shift. I think this is because the chain is failing to mesh with the jockey wheel though, a sympton rather than the cause. If I over shift then shift back to the gear I want it seems to hang straight though. It's almost like it only half completes the shift sometimes.

Are they new bearings? That's the usual culprit in my experience on two bikes with UT cranks. Failing that, I'd look at pedal threads and CLEATS.

thanks! no - these bearings are OLD. I'll check the other two out.

Does anyone have an EPS interface unit V3 going spare?

My awesome power and speed cough, plus pothole, plus my fat arse, resulted in a snapped saddle/seatpost pin and snapped lower corner of the saddle supporting lower bracket on my Campag Record carbon seatpost.

Can I buy spares of these parts? If so anyone know any part number or stockists, preferably in the UK?
I have the upper saddle clamp:

So I need the lower clamp which has a serrated undercarriage to mesh with the serrated bit on the top of this generation of carbon post:

But I'm happy to buy both upper and lower clamps and pin if they available and they're sold together. I've had a brief google and scan on eBay, but can only see clamp spares for older generations of alu Campag seatposts. which won't fit.

Parts available or unobtainium and I'm going to need a new seatpost?

https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/online-shop/campagnolo-seat-pin-headset/sp-re002/

Is this it? Mercian carry all sorts of vintage Campagnolo spares

I don't think that's the correct one, the bit underneath with the serrations doesn't look wide enough to fit on top of the post I have.

If I don't find the answer over the weekend I'll ask Mercian next week, so thanks for the heads up.

I think the earlier clamp versions were alu/silver but they later did black clamps but not sure if these were carbon or black alu, but I think they both had the same serrations, so either will fit.

Later posts had a finer 0.5mm pitch serration, you need the 1mm SP-RE102 by the looks of it. My search only turned up NOS for a cool 120$.

Thanks for the info and product code. I'll keep my eyes peeled but at that price for a small part I'm probably better of getting off a new post.

There's usually one or two on ebay depending what seat tube diameter you need.

I am thinking of getting chorus 12 speed mechanical. But I really don’t like the style of the current chainsets. I have an old (2012 I think) 11 speed Athena chain set to hand. Can I use it with the rest of the 12 speed group?

If it won’t work, how do aftermarket chainrings work? Like this one for example which claims compatibility with all 10, 11 and 12 speed groups, presumably meaning Shimano and campagnolo.
https://rotorbike.com/catalog/default/rotor/road/chainrings/noq/noq-110bcd.html

12sp chainline is 1mm wider, the chainrings 0.4mm closer.
It might work but getting the front derailleur trim right will be tricky.
Woe is me, gone are the days of micro ratchet FD shifting.

Rotor chainrings you linked are not 12sp compatible as far as I can tell
and won't work with Campag specific 110/112 BCD without bodging.

The 4arm cranks grow on you. :)

I am using Chorus 12 with an Athena 11sp chainset. It works fine.

Annoyingly, the front derailleur doesn't trim in the same way that 10sp did. So there can be some rub in big/big. But obviously no-one would /ever/ dream of using that combination.

Does anyone in London have the campagnolo magnetic cable guide that I can borrow? I’m setting a frame up with EPS and the interface and front mech cables I threaded fine by hand but the rear derailleur is a nightmare….

It's there any chance that a Victory chainset (8s I think, mid 80's era?) Will work with Veloce 10s powershift deraileur and shifter? There are miche branded small chainrings from 35t and up, so a semiconpact setup is possible.

Anyone knows the best place to get the hidden chainring bolt and spacer, preferably not for £30?

Its for a 11s carbon chorus, older style crankset if it matters. Last resort would be getting a set of these.