I just wanted to know what you guys have on your road bike(s) and also if you don’t mind the reason why you have chosen such groupset (performance wise, price, durability etc etc)
I’m particularly interested to know if anyone in here have done any mix-and-match thingy. cos I’d love to do that if there is a significant increase in performance.
Also I’d appreciate if you can share some tips and tricks in doing those (cable tightness, what and when to grease etc etc)
I know that the ‘what is the best groupset debate’ or ‘Shimano vs Campagnolo vs SRAM’ is inevitable when discussing this, but best if we could do that somewhere else.
I’lll start first.
SRAM Rival 2011 shifter
SRAM Rival 2011 RD
SRAM Force 2009 FD
SRAM Force 2009 brake caliper
SRAM Force 2011 crankset
SRAM Red 2011 chain
Shimano 105 cassette.
Why? I got it cheap. Plus I like the aesthetic of SRAM especially the shifters/hoods design.
I always wanted a Shimano particularly the Ultegra and I know that they’re the best bang for the buck, but I seriously cannot look at the crank… Campagnolo is expensive for my wallet and for the price, I don’t think they are any better than Shimano. I’ve ridden a friend’s SR’11, it’s smooth and nice but Dura Ace is just slightly better (and cheaper)
Campagnolo is my preferred. And I don’t reckon it’s any more expensive than the others, for example, you can get any of these groupsets for under $600 o/s. Plus, I think the 2012 Centaur looks great!
I run sr11 on my new bike and havnt done enough k’s to give it a good review yet but seems real nice.
I run the last of the alloy crank carbon shifter chorus on my steel bike and love it.
To be honest I think a lot of it is in your head if you think somthing is nice before you put your leg over the bike then chances are it will be.
I think carbon Athena 11 looks pretty good bang for buck it was on torpedo for $799 I think.
As long as it shifts into the gear and stays there you will enjoy the ride.
Yeah, they never have any stock - been shafted twice by them. Go to Ribble for this.
Been running a full Cenatur gruppo since the name change from Daytona.
Changed my cranks from square taper to ultra-torque and compact late last year as I’ve been having knee problems.
Has been running faultlessly for about 10 years.
I’ve bought new FD & RD as the current FD isn’t supposedly compact (CT) compatible along with skeleton brakes.
So I’m moving the old gruppo to the Brian Rourke.
I’ve got 10 speed Campy Veloce, with cheapo cables from wiggle. Got it cheap to try out and it works great, been running strong for a couple of years.
No mix and match going on here.
I ride 6700 Ultegra with FSA SLK light carbon cranks and stock cables which I am looking to upgrade soon.
I’m running it because it came with the frame I wanted and I could afford it though after riding my mates Caad10 with red I’m starting to develop envy.
I think they’ve remedied the front mech issue with the new sram red. Are you running the steel cage one?
2010 campag super record shifters, front and rear mechs cassette and cables
Works real nice and I perfer the older ascetic to the new one with the red squares or though the newer gruppo is refined a bit and considered to be the best performing mechainal group you can get
Neg gravity neg G brakes
Light, look good, have a ton of power and feel
Can be a pain if they arn’t set up right but I don’t have that problem
THM clavicula m3 cranks with THM ceramic bb30 cups
Only had these since Christmas, so far with the praxis chain rings its a pretty impressive setup, very very stiff and the shifting is great
Got ilink cables In the post…
Not sure about them though, the campag cables are very good
I have full sram red on my good bike, and the front derailleur is indeed garbage, but only on the stock rings. I ran 55/42 front for a while with the stiffer TT rings and the front shifting rivalled shimano for speed and accuracy. Now I’m back on the 53/39 and it was rubbish, but a mechanic gave the mech a few squeezes with some multi-grips and it works excellently.
My commuter is a Klein with 7600 DA mechs, 105 cassette, 7400 DA cranks and brakes, and 6600 brifters. All works a treat in any kind of weather.
My gentlemanly cruiser has full tricolour 600 (everything but the campag headset). It even has the 600 stem with the hidden bolt, which is beautiful, and the brifters that are in relatively good condition. It is the nicest bike I own.
Unless I was to buy a bike with Campag I wouldn’t feel like I needed to try it. If I was to buy a groupset on its own for a build up, I would buy sram force or ultegra. Those two are awesome value.
Forgot to add, my cables are steel and are inside a black housing. On my felt, they are Gore.
