Sram red 2013 or campy record 2013?

Crispyapp
Crispyapp Posts: 344
edited November 2012 in Road buying advice
Hi all I'm building next years summer bike and now cannot decide on which groupset to use. I like both and there both pretty similar in price but if you were me which would you use and why? By the way I currently have sram force on my summer bike and before I bought the force I had campy chorus on it. So I'm a fan of both brands not like some however I'm stuck on my decision.... Help?
Look 595 ultra - F+F for sale.....
Cervelo r5
Kinesis T2 2013 winter bike
Merida Carbon 1500 flx MTB

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  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,741
    have you got any existing bits that need to interact with them ? frames/wheels? otherwise go for whichever is a bargain ???
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • Crispyapp
    Crispyapp Posts: 344
    No I've bought a cervelo r5 frame which I'm building from scratch so I'm not held back by wheels etc. everything will be new for this fame.
    Look 595 ultra - F+F for sale.....
    Cervelo r5
    Kinesis T2 2013 winter bike
    Merida Carbon 1500 flx MTB
  • jonomc4
    jonomc4 Posts: 891
    you can get a better range of gears with red - but campy is built better.
  • Crispyapp
    Crispyapp Posts: 344
    jonomc4 wrote:
    you can get a better range of gears with red - but campy is built better.

    How? I also notice campy do a b&b right bottom bracket which I assume will fit straight into my frame and get rid of any of the complication bb30 and gpx bottom brackets bring.
    Look 595 ultra - F+F for sale.....
    Cervelo r5
    Kinesis T2 2013 winter bike
    Merida Carbon 1500 flx MTB
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    jonomc4 wrote:
    you can get a better range of gears with red - but campy is built better.
    yes but only in theory - the SRAM front mech is well known for screwing up - so that less than half the gears an 11 speed campag can offer you!

    and to the OP - I can only guess you have never had campag, otherwise you would not have bothered with the post, you would just be riding Campag anyway
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
    Wiliers: Cento Uno/Superleggera R and Zero 7. Bianchi Infinito CV and Oltre XR2
  • gloomyandy
    gloomyandy Posts: 520
    2013 red has a brand new front mech, that is supposed to be very good...

    To the OP if you plan to keep your current frame then going with SRAM will allow you to switch wheels (and possibly other parts if say you have problems)...

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