Forgive me Bikeradar for I have sinned...

gkerr4
gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
edited August 2009 in Road buying advice
well maybe not 'sinned' as such, but certainly naughty.

I have an S-Works roubaix which I built up myself at the start of 2008 - built with campag centaur groupset and campag eurus wheels - I love it.

At the start of this year I bought some 'record' shifters for the different feel and shifting mechanism.

I now want to change my trek Pilot winter bike from shimano tiagra to campag bits as I prefer the ergo levers. Obviously I already had the shifter as I had the centaur ones from when I upgraded but needed the mechs, wheels and possibly chainset (can you see where this is going)

However today when I looked at getting mirage or veloce mechs....


,,,,, I bought record for my good bike instead and the winter bike can have the centaur...

Oops - over £200 :oops:

so forgive me, church of Bikeradar - as the church of 'wife' might not..

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  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
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  • caw35slr
    caw35slr Posts: 439
    Not sure what your point is. Your course of action seems entirely reasonable. :D
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Buying Record is not a sin. It's the right thing to do if you have the money.
    I like bikes...

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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    Hmm - yeah it didn't feel 'so' bad really.

    I mean a mirage / veloce front & rear mech would have cost me around £60 - so the jump up to £230 for the record parts is hardly noticeable is it.... :lol:

    I Bought the record shifters in Feb as I had always wanted to try them and have record on my bike - i bought them as the 2008 models seemed to be running out of stock and unlikely to re-appear - which has proved to be right! - so I figured it was either now or never for the mechs too.

    there is a plentiful supply of the black record brake calipers @ about £150 which I wonder if they are worth it - bearings in the movement make much difference?

    The crankset will almost certainly have to remain as centaur though - the jump up in cost of the record item is massive! - I only paid £140 for the centaur carbon CT chainset but the record was close to £400!
    (although there is always the 'fulcrum RR series.....)

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