chorus v centaur

fast as fupp
fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
edited April 2008 in Workshop
is there much difference apart from a few grams here and there?

is it worth the extra?

HELP ME FORUMISTAS!
'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'

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  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    Apart from a few grams the Chorus shifters allow multiple shifting in both directions. Handy if you ride a compact chainset.
  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    My bike has a full Centaur groupset. When my previous Centaur ergo levers gave up the ghost, I replaced them with the new 'improved' Centaur levers. :(
    They weren't a patch. The loss of the trimming function is a real step backwards. Centaur was always the first of the top end groupsets with Campag, but these levers have the same mechanism as Veloce and downwards. The rest of the groupset is very good, and the main differences from Chorus would come down to weight and finish. I would buy Chorus if I could afford it, otherwise I would go for Centaur, but go for Chorus levers.
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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    chorus levers it is then!

    thanks
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    I came to the conclusion that the money saved on centaur would be better spent on good wheels than chorus.
    Manchester wheelers

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  • Shavedlegs
    Shavedlegs Posts: 310
    It's all been said, but another route is the centaur with the carbon crank and chorus levers.
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  • tenor
    tenor Posts: 278
    I have gone the Chorus lever route for exactly the reasons given above, but have opted for Centaur alloy chainset (better quality rings than Veloce (and even the Centaur Carbon!). Veloce for the remainder as I can't see the point of meaningless bits of carbon on vulnerable mechs, cranks etc.
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    tenor wrote:
    IVeloce for the remainder as I can't see the point of meaningless bits of carbon on vulnerable mechs, cranks etc.
    It does look nice :wink:
    so many cols,so little time!
  • acorn_user
    acorn_user Posts: 1,137
    Polished alloy forever! :)
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    acorn_user wrote:
    Polished alloy forever! :)

    in the eighties and nineties perhaps....

    :D

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