Athena Triple with "touring" crankset?

[Look585]

Hi Campy experts. I have a friend looking to refresh Campy triple group.

Will a modern set of 11s Athena triple mechs and shifters jive well with a Sugino touring triple with 48/36/24 10s TA rings?

Basically, are current Campy shifters "indexed" on the front or "ratcheted" like they used to be?

[Ralph]

Front shifter for 11 speed triple Athena Power Shift shifters are "indexed" to Athena triple rings, and may not work well with 9-10 speed triple cranksets.

For the opposite....I have a 2010 10 speed Ultra Shift that works with triples, and I believe I could make it work with a 11's Athena Triple crankset, the shifter kinda ratchets a click at a time. But not sure how well.

[oldpotatoe]

Front shifter for 11 speed triple Athena Power Shift shifters are "indexed" to Athena triple rings, and may not work well with 9-10 speed triple cranksets.

For the opposite....I have a 2010 10 speed Ultra Shift that works with triples, and I believe I could make it work with a 11's Athena Triple crankset, the shifter kinda ratchets a click at a time. But not sure how well.

UT, LH shifter has only 7 clicks and it works best with an older, 2006 and older, triple front der as it has a longer 'arm' and will cover all 3 chainrings. A current Athena triple front der may not. Powershift Athena(11s) triple will not play well with a 10s spaced crank..

[thirdgenbird]

ive got two workarounds...

Gut the ergo and run a downtube front

Use 11spd bar ends with TRP rrl brake levers

[Ken Robb]

My alloy 10 spd. Chorus shifters worked very well with Racing Triple front derailer and 10 spd. TA Zephyr 48-38-28.

[Ralph]

My alloy 10 spd. Chorus shifters worked very well with Racing Triple front derailer and 10 spd. TA Zephyr 48-38-28.

Yes....it would.

[GeorgeTSquirrel]

No experience (?) with the new Athena triple shifters... but I think the current triple are the same as the 2012 double/triple Athena shifter (before they made two different versions).

I currently have my shifter pushing a current Centaur FD on a 10speed Campy compact double.

Previously, I had the Athena11 pushing a 105 FD on a 9speed Shimano triple. In both cases, I'm running a 9speed KMC chain...

Shifting was actually a bit better with the 9speed Shimano parts... I think shifting was better because I had move available clicks with the wider FD movement and I had a little more room to fine tune cable tension.

I'd say your proposal will certainly work; you won't know the quality of shifting until you get it set up.