Campag 11 speed Front Shifting

napoleond

I'm having TERRIBLE trouble fitting 11 speed Campag to my Cervelo R3, I can't get the front to shift at all. As soon as there is any tension on the cable the ratchet doesn't engage so no shifting.

Anyone any ideas?

ugo.santalucia

Did you install the cable correctly? Once I had the same and it turned out the cable was not inside the guide.

Good luck

bondurant

Exactly the same for me. It took me ages to get the cable end seated properly. Easy to route incorrectly.

napoleond

The cable responds when there is no tension, as soon as there's tension either I pull it taut and try and shift or attach it to the front mech taut) the shifter just moves with no ratchet engagement.

I'm confused to hell!!

bondurant

Same thing happened to me. Essentially the ratchet inside the shifter moved the cable round even though it wasn't routed correctly. Take the other end of the cable and poke it through the shifter from the exit hole at the back to see exactly where it needs to be fed through. It was a pain in the arse. If the ratchet works properly without the cable in it I can't think of anything else it could be. Also make sure that, before you feed the cable through, you have clicked the thumb shifter as many clicks as it will make.

napoleond

Bondurant wrote:

Same thing happened to me. Essentially the ratchet inside the shifter moved the cable round even though it wasn't routed correctly. Take the other end of the cable and poke it through the shifter from the exit hole at the back to see exactly where it needs to be fed through. It was a pain in the ars*. If the ratchet works properly without the cable in it I can't think of anything else it could be. Also make sure that, before you feed the cable through, you have clicked the thumb shifter as many clicks as it will make.

The ratchet works properly with the cable in, just not under tension.

I've fitted shifters so many bloody times, never been stumped like this. I'm starting to think they are defective shifters.

bondurant

If you are absolutely certain that the cable is routed correctly then I suppose it must be. But what you describe happened exactly to me, and there was nothing wrong with the shifter. Anyway, good luck.

g00se

You could try disconnecting the cable from the front mech and attach a kilo weight to it. then see if the ratchet works to pull the cable up.

If this fails too, take the lever off of the bars and look up inside the body of the lever, you may get a clue as to what's going wrong.

napoleond

Finally had enough and took it to a campag dealer who I know and is VERY experienced. Fits this stuff day in day out.

Shifter is knackered. Not only that, Shiny Bikes fobbed me off with cable from lower down the range...

Not happy.

Ben6899

NapoleonD wrote:

Finally had enough and took it to a campag dealer who I know and is VERY experienced. Fits this stuff day in day out.

Shifter is knackered. Not only that, Shiny Bikes fobbed me off with cable from lower down the range...

Not happy.

When you say lower down the range, do you mean the thicker inners? From pre-2009 or whatever the date is?

Glad you're getting it sorted, anyway.

napoleond

Ben6899 wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

Finally had enough and took it to a campag dealer who I know and is VERY experienced. Fits this stuff day in day out.

Shifter is knackered. Not only that, Shiny Bikes fobbed me off with cable from lower down the range...

Not happy.

When you say lower down the range, do you mean the thicker inners? From pre-2009 or whatever the date is?

Glad you're getting it sorted, anyway.

They are supposed to be 'ultra low friction' these looked like older ones...

Ben6899

NapoleonD wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

Finally had enough and took it to a campag dealer who I know and is VERY experienced. Fits this stuff day in day out.

Shifter is knackered. Not only that, Shiny Bikes fobbed me off with cable from lower down the range...

Not happy.

When you say lower down the range, do you mean the thicker inners? From pre-2009 or whatever the date is?

Glad you're getting it sorted, anyway.

They are supposed to be 'ultra low friction' these looked like older ones...

That's very poor form from Shiny Bikes. In the new (2009 -->) Campag stuff, anything but Ultra-low friction cables won't actually fit properly. I'm not one to bad-mouth retailers, but I won't use Shiny Bikes again after a disappointing transaction we once had. Shame, because their stock and prices are really good.

Hoping you get it sorted.

markyone

I had faulty shifter from high on bikes with the same problem,high on bikes replaced
shifters and now perfect

napoleond

Got the new shifters from Ribble. Plus the correct cables (that came pre fitted...)
Shifting is bloody brill!