Centaur uprade

philo

Hi all. I have the Centaur groupset for my steed and have about £250 to burn. I'm thinking of upgrading the shifters to Record/Chorus, as they're available for around £170-£200. Would this be money well spent and would I notice the difference? Weight isn't an issue. I'm looking more for performance increases here.

Cheers

cannonfodder

If you have older shifters (2006 or less ??) then I think the functionality is the same - but Chorus and Record have better front mech trimming and multiple shift functionality over the current Centaur levers

portuguese mike

Depending on what wheels you've got on your bike that might be a better area to spend your money - or if you don't already have them, the carbon cranks (chorus or centaur), to be honest changing the shifters isn't going to make much difference to your riding

philo

I have the new version with escape mech. I do like it but chorus\record seem that much better and I'd see more benefit than a crankset upgrade...I think???

redddraggon

A carbon crankset is only worth upgrading to if you like the look, you won't get a better performing crankset by going carbon and it'll only be marginally lighter.

I wouldn't bother thinking about changing the shifters, unless you have a triple. The lack of fine trimming IMO isn't that much of a loss on a double.

Depending on what wheels you've already got, Campag Zondas (~£250) might be the best upgrade.

philo

I already have campag zondas!!.....looks like I'll have to take the missus for a weekend break instead!

Ken Night

philo wrote:

I already have campag zondas!!.....looks like I'll have to take the missus for a weekend break instead!

that's probably a wise investment