Campagnolo components

Philcho

I've just bought some new campag shifters for my roadie and i was wondering whether i'd need to replace the derailleurs which are shimano, or would they work with campag shifters? :?

ride_whenever

It shouldn't work, but you may well get away with it/works but you lose a gear.

Alternatively fit a shiftmate which adjusts the cable pull, or buy a full campagnolo setup.

Philcho

Hmm new drivetrain it is 8) I do need a new front derailleur anyway because the current one is rusted to nothing from being sat neglected in the garage for about ... 3 years :roll:

ride_whenever

Oh noes!!!!!

Philcho

Yeah, expensive stuff seems i just forked out just shy of 500 quid for some new forks and a chainset for the MTB, should look pretty slick once done though.

whyamihere

Shimano cassettes don't work particularly well with Campag stuff either. You *may* get away with it, but you may not, and need a new cassette. Which, unless you buy a conversion cassette, means new wheels too...

Blue Meanie

Shimergo!
Attatch the cable to the mech on the wrong side of the bolt?

daveyroids

tried all of the tricks in the past when I had a campag road bike plus a shimano road bike and mountain bike and nothing works sufficiently. Even when you get the gears to shift satisfactory way a bit of wear on the system knocks everything out. The only things that you don't need to change is your chainset and front mech. You will need a rear mech cassette and possibly wheel if you can't get a campag pattern cassette carrier (or whatever its called cant remember off hand). Very expensive to do. I once had full campag 9 speed kit working on shimano rear cassette and shifting perfectly but after a few weeks I could not keep it in tune. I did however adjust the spacing on the shimano cassette and used an old 8 speed cassette lock ring as it had loads more thread than the 9 speed original. This meant that I had a spare wheel that worked on the campag kit. Too much trouble though.

By the way spotted at campag equiped road bike in Decathlon recently for around £450. Equiped with oudated 9 speed mirage but great set up for the price. If I was looking for a road bike and not a cyclo cross I would have bought that.