Campy Cassettes Question

[LiveFreeOrDie]

Hello everyone. I'm looking to buy a new (or if I can find a nice one here) Campy cassette to go with my Record group. I currently have a Record Exa Drive 12-21 that is too small for me. I'm wondering how the quality is of the new Veloce cassettes compared to a Chorus cassette? There is quite a jump in price between the two. Not looking at a Record cassette. Hard to justify the cost of them.

Thanks!

[AngryScientist]

veloce cassettes work great, i use them exclusively for my 9 and 10 speed bikes. there is, IMO, no reason to go to the higher groups for consumables like cassettes. go veloce, all the quality, 1/4 the price.

[LiveFreeOrDie]

veloce cassettes work great, i use them exclusively for my 9 and 10 speed bikes. there is, IMO, no reason to go to the higher groups for consumables like cassettes. go veloce, all the quality, 1/4 the price.

That's what I was thinking. I knew I wasn't crazy! :)

[Ralph]

They shift the same, same ramps and shift aids, same hard steel. Only difference I can tell is a few more grams since they are all individual cogs, and not a few larger cogs on carrier.

[oldpotatoe]

Hello everyone. I'm looking to buy a new (or if I can find a nice one here) Campy cassette to go with my Record group. I currently have a Record Exa Drive 12-21 that is too small for me. I'm wondering how the quality is of the new Veloce cassettes compared to a Chorus cassette? There is quite a jump in price between the two. Not looking at a Record cassette. Hard to justify the cost of them.

Thanks!

Least expensive compatible cogset and chain for these consumables. Veloce/Centaur, both. Samo for shimano, 105 level stuff works/lasts great, 10s or 11s.

[R3awak3n]

Same here, always pick veloce or centaur (I like the 10 speed 12-27 centaur cassette, a bit more expensive but no veloce in that ratio or I would go veloce.

[fogrider]

Hard to justify the cost of them.

Thanks!

As others have said, it's hard to justify paying top dollar for consumables. But there seems to be a fair number of folks that are willing to pay top dollar for the "best" and stare at it for a few years, then sell it...http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4920180108.html

[thwart]

A devil's advocate/weight weenie view… ;)

Record level cassettes may make a bit of sense when you get into the bigger cogs, like a 13-29. Then you're saving something like 75 gms, and will probably be on a bike (or used for an event) that will be primarily climbing.

Like a lot of other stuff discussed here, the benefit is undoubtedly more psychologic than physiologic. But there you are.

[LiveFreeOrDie]

13-26 Veloce sounds like a nice set up

[Ruimteaapje]

Same here. Several bikes with Campagnolo 10sp Record/Chorus and I allways buy Veloce cassettes as replacements. No noticeable difference in shifting performance.

[FlashUNC]

If you're buying new 10 speed bits, your choices pretty much end at Centaur these days, even for consumables, no?

But as the others mentioned, you shouldn't notice much of a difference. Just find the gearing that works for you at the cheapest price.

[El Chaba]

There is an advantage to having the larger cogs on a carrier as in the higher level cassettes from the standpoint that they are much less likely to indent the cassette carrier---especially in larger cog sizes. Having said that, the deep Campag pattern splines are far less prone to that type of damage than are the Shimano/Sarm pattern splines....

[soulspinner]

Race wheels with Record, otherwise Chorus steel 4 11s Campy, Veloce on my 10 speed bike.

[soulspinner]

If you're buying new 10 speed bits, your choices pretty much end at Centaur these days, even for consumables, no?

But as the others mentioned, you shouldn't notice much of a difference. Just find the gearing that works for you at the cheapest price.

10 speed Veloce cassettes are available..............

[rwsaunders]

After a few rides, the Veloce cassettes lose their sheen which makes them look like any other cassette. The savings that you realize can be applied to other forms of entertainment...

[makoti]

If Veloce came in 11, I'd use it there, too. All my 10's are Veloce.

[schwa86]

At the risk of taking this thread completely off-course, if you need an 11 spd Campy cassette, what say all of you to Miche and/or BBB?

[donevwil]

At the risk of taking this thread completely off-course, if you need an 11 spd Campy cassette, what say all of you to Miche and/or BBB?

I was not pleased with two Miche attempts. Shift quality was OK, not as smooth as Veloce, but functional. Campys work well under load, Miches benefit from backing off a bit. The bad part was that each cassette had one warped cog. Took way too long for me to figure that one out. No experience with BBB, but I do have two IRD Campy wide range cassettes. They shift similarly to the Miche, but don't have the warped cog issue plus the wide range (one 12-32 and one 11-34) makes them indispensable.

[oldpotatoe]

I was not pleased with two Miche attempts. Shift quality was OK, not as smooth as Veloce, but functional. Campys work well under load, Miches benefit from backing off a bit. The bad part was that each cassette had one warped cog. Took way too long for me to figure that one out. No experience with BBB, but I do have two IRD Campy wide range cassettes. They shift similarly to the Miche, but don't have the warped cog issue plus the wide range (one 12-32 and one 11-34) makes them indispensable.

Interesting. My only experience with Miche is we bought 2-3 to 'see', found each had a....warped cog..10s..seems they still have issues. Sold a few BBB, IRD, similar quality..also no bent, warped, miss made cogs tho.