Chorus + £200 or Dura Ace

garethld
garethld Posts: 18
edited January 2011 in Road buying advice
There's been a c0ck up with a bike that i've ordered and it comes with campag chorus groupset. by way of compensation they have offered me £200 cashback or a free upgrade to Dura Ace which is 200g lighter...
thoughts?

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  • dcj
    dcj Posts: 395
    they are both excellent groupsets. personally all things being equal i would take the cash.
    i doubt if you will notice 200gms on more or less static parts. rims maybe but not other stuff.

    plus the hassle of sending the bike back etc. depends how gutted you are of course, or if all your tools fit shimano or your other bikes are shimano and you want to swap wheels.
  • garethld
    garethld Posts: 18
    thats the thing. my other bike is ultegra and i have ultegra and DA wheelsets. they havent sent the bike out yet so no hassle involved...
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Stick with the Chorus imo, wonderful groupset ...
  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,170
    Considering you've got Ultegra on your other bike, I'd go stick with Shimano and go for the Dura Ace. It'll facilitate swapping parts between bikes and minimise the number of tools you'll need.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Well it's no brainer if you want to swap wheels plus it depends how often you swap bikes and if you feel happy changing how you shift gear from bike to bike.
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  • tri-sexual
    tri-sexual Posts: 672
    go with dura ace
  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    +1 fpr the DA upgrade.

    I'd want similar groupsets on both bikes.
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Harry182 wrote:
    Considering you've got Ultegra on your other bike, I'd go stick with Shimano and go for the Dura Ace. It'll facilitate swapping parts between bikes and minimise the number of tools you'll need.

    Although I'm a Campag man through and through +1 on the above
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    stick with what your hands know and enjoy, i bought a new (2nd hand old team bike) bike 2 weeks ago and it had microshift shifters on it. they were swapped within a week for some 105s. my hands hated the feel, and my muscle memory didnt like the shift mechanic.
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  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    Dura Ace every time.
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    I prefer Campag but I would have the Dura Ace. I have one bike Campag and one Shimano and its getting to be a pain in the a**e. I wish they were both Campag.
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  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    The chorus! Then the £200 and the jap stuff on ebay can go towards getting campagnolo on the other bike. Simples.
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  • Rodrego Hernandez
    Rodrego Hernandez Posts: 1,436
    Chorus is equivalent to Dura Ace so go with what you prefer - if you already have a Shimano bike then sticking with Shimano might be wise. There isn't a huge issue as far as cassettes are concerned, they are both interchangeable with minimum hassle.

    The point about spares etc is a good one, if you break a mech, having a spare of the same manufacturer is a bonus.
  • Flambes
    Flambes Posts: 191
    "Chorus is equivalent to Dura Ace" - curious. How, why? One's cheaper and heavier than the other. How are they equivalents?
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  • Avanti Roman
    Avanti Roman Posts: 189
    Where do you get the info that Dura Ace as 200g lighter than chorus?

    Everywhere seems to have Chorus as slightly lighter:

    http://www.totalcycling.com/index.php/c ... ights.html

    I'd go for Chorus + £200 personally but if you have another Shimano bike and like it i'd be tempted to go for DA.
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  • ADIHEAD
    ADIHEAD Posts: 575
    So I assume you ordered Dura-ace in the first place yeh? Then that's what you should go for or you'll only regret it later. You need the same on both bikes as everyone else says :wink:
  • darren H
    darren H Posts: 122
    Sorry been a campag lad ever since I started. I have the chorus set and it's the bollox.

    There is no doubt not much difference but cmon the history .
  • furrag
    furrag Posts: 481
    garethld wrote:
    thats the thing. my other bike is ultegra and i have ultegra and DA wheelsets. they havent sent the bike out yet so no hassle involved...
    I forgot that you already had the wheelset porno-boi. ;)

    Go with Shimano and keep your groupsets manufacturers the same! It makes it a lot easier!
  • Velonutter
    Velonutter Posts: 2,437
    I'm very pro Campag, but am also a realist.

    If you intend to stay with Shimano, then go with Shimano, however if you have tried Campag and like it, then you won't regret it, personally Chorus is a half way house between Ultegra and DA, brilliant bit of kit and of course it will be 11 speed, parts are easy to obtain and you become part of an elite group of riders who appreciate quality 8) :wink:

    So the decision is quite easy, if you intend to stay with Shimano, then the DA is the only option, but if you are swayed then you will never regret Campag.

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