Campag alloy chainsets

jamie4759

Hi all, I wanted to put a new 10 speed Campag chainset on my winter bike. My choices would be between Centaur carbon, Centaur alloy in silver (the old ultra Torque) or the new CX chainsets, which I thought might be good and durable for a winter bike. Any ideas? Any benefit of choosing alloy chainsets over carbon? The old Ultra Torque Centaur is still available and looks a good buy, but the new CX in silver looks great. Any feedback welcome.

cycleclinic

CX chainset have a 46T outer ring or at least they should. Ultra torque BB are a bit more prone to the ingress of water for some reason and seem to go south sooner than power-torque. I have used carbon chainsets and alloy ones (all campagnolo) and apart from the weight difference there is no difference.

You could go for a older 10 speed square taper campagnolo chainset. There are shops that stock them.

Miles253

Apart from looks, they are similar, weights are about the same, but new, carbon will run you a bit more, always lots on eBay though if that's your thing. Personally I went with carbon as I got a good deal and it matches my bike better. (Plus I like to squint and pretend it's record)