Mmmmmm. What the hell are the buttons for
boogi11
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Hi, so I picked up my new bianchi via neurone xenon 2012. Looks nice but really windy so all I can do is look at it and fettle , which leads me to the question, what do the 9/8 button( really hard to read) on the left changer, and mode button on the right changer do and what are they for
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They're for maintaining your cadence. You will soon be able to work them with your eyes closed. Uphill, downhill.0
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You must be. Is taking me for somebody who understands what you just wrote
. I understand cadence, but how do the buttons work 0 -
Hiya
You just press the bottons to go through your gears. The bottons were introduced by Tullio's boy.0 -
I think you are missing the point, there is a shifter under the brake lever to go up the gears, there is a mother normal button you flick to go down the gears, but next to that is another button that is part of the grip with mode written on it, and on the left side it is the same but appears to have 9/8 written on it0
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Assumed these were thumb shifters. Could be device to drop a collection of gears in one go.
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I suspect the buttons are the spots where the old Campagnolo Ergobrain connections used to go. That was a bike computer, much like Shimano Flight Deck or similar, which had control microswitches hidden in the hoods. You ran a fine wire from the head unit along under the bar tape to them.
Not sure you can even still get them, so unsure why the hoods still have the "buttons"
It was Italian electronics at it's finest...
Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Could it be to change the number of gears you have?
Such as 9 would correspond to a 9 speed cassette etc. I know I have 2/3 on my Shimano XT MTB gears to change between 2/3 front gears0 -
Wheelspinner wrote:I suspect the buttons are the spots where the old Campagnolo Ergobrain connections used to go. That was a bike computer, much like Shimano Flight Deck or similar, which had control microswitches hidden in the hoods. You ran a fine wire from the head unit along under the bar tape to them.
Not sure you can even still get them, so unsure why the hoods still have the "buttons"
It was Italian electronics at it's finest...
Plus one for above, have a look at link, after about 2 minutes on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7luUWGc9K80 -
could it be you have Campagnolo XENON QS / ESCAPE 10sp shifters?
if so, then this might help...
Chorus 10 speed Ergopower Quick Shift Levers.
The left-hand control is the QS type to interface with the new QS front derailleurs that are snappier and lighter shifting
Shifting to smaller sprockets, even shifting several sprockets at a time is possible as are micro-adjustments to the front derailleur
Supplied with pre-lubricated cable casings and inner cables for brakes and derailleurs
Weight: 348g
found here: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/campagnolo-chor ... grabber-uk0 -
Yes, that's what I have, but not in cabin, but still not sure how to use them properly0
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Your buttons hold your trousers up.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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hopefully this will clarify your levers...
http://www.campagnolo.com/repository/do ... arteGB.pdf
pages 14-16
hope it helps.
Mog.0 -
I have the same bike (albeit a few years older)
My 'buttons' say 'S/S' & 'Mode'.
I suspect Wheelspinner is correct; they are a leftover from some kind of bike computer option. I have had the rubber hoods off of mine. There is nothing under the 'buttons'. They do nothing... 0 -
Issa same on my 105 hoods; I have little rubber 'buttons' which blank off the holes where the Flightdeck computer wiring would go if I wanted to go all retro electromechanical.
Instead I'm saving up for something GPS based0 -
Issa same on my 105 hoods; I have little rubber 'buttons'
I'd always just assumed these were moulding spots...0
