Shimophobia...I got it.

[Lewis Moon]

I was just looking at a pair of shoes down in the classifieds and an odd thought struck me: I have Shimophobia; the fear of having anything made by a certain Asian fishing tackle company (that shall not be named) on any road or cross bike I own. It would seem that it also extends to shoes...Even though the price is great and the fit looks to be good, I can't bring myself to even think of buying them. I'll even buy ScRAM before I'd buy the Parts That Shall Not Be Named.
I've been a Campy guy since God was a boy (early '70s). Can I be helped...do I even want to be helped?

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I've been a Campy guy since God was a boy (early '70s).

Eddy Merckx was already a grown man in the early 1970's.

[bargainguy]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

..I'll even buy ScRAM before I'd buy the Parts That Shall Not Be Named...

Holy cannoli, see if there's a local support group.

[witcombusa]

Your loss, SHIMANO has, and will continue to make great kit.

[christian]

1) I am also a Campagnolo fan. But SPD-SLs are the best road pedals, full stop.
2) On the MTB side, I'm Shimano-Shimano-Shimano!
3) They do make great fishing tackle. I use a Sedona 2500 FD as my main bass reel. Nice stuff.

[malcolm]

I've always been a campy guy, but my wife's bikes usually had shimano. My mtn bikes have shimano one with sram, both work great, shimano looks better.

I've also been an avid offshore fisherman, marlin and tuna although I've not done it since I sold my boat some five years ago. Over the last 10 years of fishing I transitioned all my big game reels to shimano 2 speeds from penns, much better reel right out of the box in my opinion.

[GeorgeTSquirrel]

Science fiction movie aesthetics and STI aside...

At least they make more than one hub and in a color other than black.

[rzthomas]

Originally Posted by christian

1) I am also a Campagnolo fan. But SPD-SLs are the best road pedals, full stop.
2) On the MTB side, I'm Shimano-Shimano-Shimano!
3) They do make great fishing tackle. I use a Sedona 2500 FD as my main bass reel. Nice stuff.

Absolutely agree with points 1 and 2. Have no idea about #3.

SPD-SL pedals are the best pedals on the market. Nothing else really compares to the durability of their bearings and the cleats.

I went from Shimano to Campy and back to Shimano. All the stuff works fine. If you're scared of buying Shimano because your fancy yourself some kind of elite cyclist with impeccable taste, then I guess that's your bag, but that's silly.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by bargainguy

Holy cannoli, see if there's a local support group.

Caveat: The only ScRAMish stuff I own are Avid Shorty Ultimate brakes, because they are fabulous, and Rival cranks, because Campy doesn't make a 180 in compact.

[chengher87]

To me, Campagnolo is the beautiful girlfriend I just can't seem to stay away. One on hand, the components are just beautiful. I like the aesthetics of Campy shifters, FD, cassettes, RD, cranksets, hell, the chains look more elegant. But....I don't like the crankset set-up. The retaining clip is a bit of a pain relative to shimano's system. While I love the ultra-torque hirth joint system, I hate having the bearings installed on the crank arms and am not a fan of the wavy washer preloading the bearings. The bearings seem to last not quite as long as super cheap Tiagra bottom brackets from Shimano. I also do not like their hidden 135bcd and 110/112bcd crank arms.

I also don't like that Campy went carbon (material and aesthetics) everything. Bring back the beautiful silver alloy groupsets!

I have Shimano cranksets (and cassettes, full disclosure) on otherwise Campagnolo builds. Even though I think the hollowtech II cranksets are pretty ugly. For one, I think their chainrings shift the smoothest. Second, Campagnolo's bearings are not sealed quite as well, so I have to be more pro-active especially after particularly wet rides in checking for water seeping into the bottom bracket and bearings. Is there some benefit to having the bearings on the crank arm spindles that I am not aware of? I think I have more campagnolo specific tools than I do general tools.

For my money, the Shimano's 7700 group was probably the greatest groupset I've ever ridden.

[choke]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I was just looking at a pair of shoes down in the classifieds and an odd thought struck me: I have Shimophobia; the fear of having anything made by a certain Asian fishing tackle company (that shall not be named) on any road or cross bike I own. It would seem that it also extends to shoes...Even though the price is great and the fit looks to be good, I can't bring myself to even think of buying them. I'll even buy ScRAM before I'd buy the Parts That Shall Not Be Named.
I've been a Campy guy since God was a boy (early '70s). Can I be helped...do I even want to be helped?

Other than the part in blue, I'm really not seeing a problem here....

[jtakeda]

Not afraid of shimano, I've just dove so deep in the campy rabbit hole that it would take too much to switch all my bikes.

Shimano is on my mtb and is fantastic.
No disrespect to shimano, I just don't want to source out 5+ groups and wheels and do the labor to switch out the parts from campy.

[Fatty]

Your loss.

[FlashUNC]

If you have a friend who lets you ride fishing equipment, they're not really a friend.

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

If you have a friend who lets you ride fishing equipment, they're not really a friend.