The "Shimergo" combination - a thumbs-up from me!
DavidBelcher
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Well, I recently rebuilt my 'cross bike using a mix of Shimano-compatible 8sp rear mech, hub and cassette with Campag 10sp levers. Advantages of each:
Shimano-type bits;
Allows me to use my Mavic 840 rear mech - a fantastic piece of kit
Wider choice of hubs
Chains cheaper & cassettes cheaper/more easily sourced than Campag 8sp/9sp
Ergo levers;
Like the action & looks better
No external cables - less vulnerable for 'cross
By the way, I'm still on a 16sp set-up as the slightly wider cassette spacing and thicker chains seem, to my mind, more suited to muddy off-roading.
Anyhow, have ridden the completed machine a few times and am flabbergasted at how well the "pick and mix" of components - from 4 different makers - performs! At least as slick as, and maybe a shade better than, my all-campag 18sp road bike. Plus can heartily recommend the Wippermann 808 chain over its cheaper 800 cousin for 8sp users.
David
Shimano-type bits;
Allows me to use my Mavic 840 rear mech - a fantastic piece of kit
Wider choice of hubs
Chains cheaper & cassettes cheaper/more easily sourced than Campag 8sp/9sp
Ergo levers;
Like the action & looks better
No external cables - less vulnerable for 'cross
By the way, I'm still on a 16sp set-up as the slightly wider cassette spacing and thicker chains seem, to my mind, more suited to muddy off-roading.
Anyhow, have ridden the completed machine a few times and am flabbergasted at how well the "pick and mix" of components - from 4 different makers - performs! At least as slick as, and maybe a shade better than, my all-campag 18sp road bike. Plus can heartily recommend the Wippermann 808 chain over its cheaper 800 cousin for 8sp users.
David
"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
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I also run a simalar system on my winter bike
Campag Centaur ergolevers
Shimano Deore XT rear mech
Shimano Tiagra front mech
26/42/52 chainset
With this I can run up to a 34 rear,
8 speed chains are cheap
can change up gears on the drops
I do find the rear shifting is heavier than my other bikes 105 system, but I have better braking than with my old Sora levers .0
