Chorus or Record? Best place to buy?

on-yer-bike
on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
edited January 2011 in Road buying advice
Im going to be building a new bike and am wondering if its worth spending an extra £300.00 for 100 grams of weight saving. Yes I know I can have a sh*t, stop eating etc but are there any other differences that make Record worth having over Chorus? I already have Record 11s on my current bike and like it but would Chorus perform any differently? I have also used Centaur in the past and Record is a big improvement on that. Its to go on a Pegoretti and some say it would be sacrilege to use anything other than Record. I plan to use Neutron or Euros wheels, that's another decision.

Where's the best place to buy Campagnolo these days? Ive looked for 2010 but it seems to have mostly gone.
Pegoretti
Colnago
Cervelo
Campagnolo

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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    I just bought 2010 Record from Merlin for £900. They also have 2010 Chorus for £675. This is on the 'accumulator' 10% off sale they have on now - it's been going a while, so I'd say you'd need to be quick. Other than Merlin, Planet X have pretty good prices as well, and also Jedi Sports in Germany.

    The groupset from Merlin was all in sealed original Campag boxes, not OEM or any nasty little surprises.

    See this thread, BTW:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12752464
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Merlin or Shiny Bikes or Planet X, though PX have just 2010 stock I believe.
  • wasabi_m
    wasabi_m Posts: 164
    Buy Chorus front der., cassette and chain. That should drop price significantly without significant increase in weight.
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    my athena for merlin was oem but they sent sr bb cups and it was only 485 with carbon crank so happy days
    eating parmos since 1981

    Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Aero 09
    Cervelo P5 EPS
    www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=13038799
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    I just bought 2010 Record from Merlin for £900. They also have 2010 Chorus for £675. This is on the 'accumulator' 10% off sale they have on now - it's been going a while, so I'd say you'd need to be quick. Other than Merlin, Planet X have pretty good prices as well, and also Jedi Sports in Germany.

    The groupset from Merlin was all in sealed original Campag boxes, not OEM or any nasty little surprises.

    See this thread, BTW:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12752464
    Wasn't it £990?
    Pegoretti
    Colnago
    Cervelo
    Campagnolo
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    on-yer-bike wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    I just bought 2010 Record from Merlin for £900. They also have 2010 Chorus for £675. This is on the 'accumulator' 10% off sale they have on now - it's been going a while, so I'd say you'd need to be quick. Other than Merlin, Planet X have pretty good prices as well, and also Jedi Sports in Germany.

    The groupset from Merlin was all in sealed original Campag boxes, not OEM or any nasty little surprises.

    See this thread, BTW:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12752464
    Wasn't it £990?

    No, £1000 less 10% so £900. I bought a 52/39 double. If you're after a compact, it was the same price when I was looking but I notice it's now £100 extra.

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