campy RED shifters in stock - $640!

[DarrenCT]

woah thats a lot of coin

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/road-bikes/product-components/2008-campagnolo-record-red-version-quick-shift-ergopower-levers-4987_36_TRUE.html?utm_source=eblast&utm_medium=email&utm_content=offer%2Bbox&utm_campaign=E-040308%2BCampy%2BRed%2BErgolevers

[R2D2]

Sure is an expensive G spring..............

[AgilisMerlin]

that must be one stiff G Spring


http://www.branfordbike.com/images/brake/ergo/ergoprtc.gif

[Elefantino]

The LBS that caters to racers and carries a lot of Campy stuff was "asked" by his supplier to place an order and didn't. The owner said he has had zero interest because no one expressed the view that Record Ergos "weren't stiff enough already."

There is, though, a have-to-have-it factor that I'm sure will entice a few Amex-wielding sycophants® :banana: to pop for them.

[Pete Serotta]

Since they are RED that says it all but>>>

They will make you faster and more streamlined.


I love the write up in Competitive Cyclist.

[Big Daddy]

Sure is an expensive G spring..............

aren't they all?! :beer:

[shoe]

that is cool that they gave the plans..maybe just make a set...isn't most of this unnecessary anyway...dave

[stevep]

i'm selling red magic markers for $66.
make your own set.
make check out to:
stevepenterprises

will take 6-8 weeks for delivery.

[paczki]

These would go well with them:

http://www.glorycycles.com/zegrnetisped.html

[soulspinner]

On a Temple frame with those shifters and red ZG brakes, red tape, oops, ran out of coin...

[palincss]

For some inexplicable reason, I am reminded of this rec.bicycles.tech post, which came out a couple of days ago:



Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
From: "Sheldon Brown" <as...@ask.me>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:24:23 -0700
Local: Tues, Apr 1 2008 11:24 am
Subject: Fitness Breakthrough from ShelBroCo!

http://www.jumpsnap.com/index.html

Hurry! Supplies are limited, so act fast!

Sheldon "RIP" Brown



Here's a link to the post: http://tinyurl.com/ysqrfu

[97CSI]

woah thats a lot of coin

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/road-bikes/product-components/2008-campagnolo-record-red-version-quick-shift-ergopower-levers-4987_36_TRUE.html?utm_source=eblast&utm_medium=email&utm_content=offer%2Bbox&utm_campaign=E-040308%2BCampy%2BRed%2BErgoleversWith the SRAM Red at $555, not a big difference. Can see why certain folks here are pushing Red. Nice margin.

[coloclimber]

Once again, another classic piece of writing by Brendan on CC. He calls it like it is- I appreciate that.

Having rebuilt a few Record levers in my day, that is one expensive spring!

My favorite part is "Are you familiar with the song "A Boy Named Sue"? Italians -- we'd like to introduce you to Johnny Cash. And Italians, for God's sake, we'd like to introduce you to this new-fangled bike-parts company called SRAM."

Anyone know where I can get the bumper sticker that reads "I kiss podium girls?"

Ahhh, the sticker is not for me though, with three kids, a great wife and having made the LEAPMO, I would only be a poser.

[Fixed]

650 for shifters no wonder i like fixed bikes
cheers

[johnnymossville]

Gold, or something. Red is taken.

[sspielman]

With the SRAM Red at $555, not a big difference. Can see why certain folks here are pushing Red. Nice margin.

GETS IT!

[Grant McLean]

You know, for the very first time, I find the writing in the RED write up sounds
like a bunch of BS.
I love CC.com I think they are awesome guys. But this piece misses the mark
becuase THEY HAVE NOT RIDDEN THE SHIFTERS!
So what's the article about?

Suggesting that maybe you'd get dropped from a break becuase you can't move the lever?
Whatever.

What I value about CC.com is writing about their actual experience. The internets
if full of blowhards spouting about things they know nothing about, and people
speculating about what 'might' be.

I'm not really taking them to task on this article to be a dick. It's just that
so much of what CC.com does actually does speak to me on a level that rarely
happens. They should stick to what they do best... write about products
they use.

-g

[saab2000]

650 for shifters no wonder i like fixed bikes
cheers


Word. No wonder I like eBay and the Serotta Classifieds. I paid about 1/3 of the new price for these from Ms. Tailwinds a couple years ago. They are not slowing me down too much even though they have no red on them.

[Steve in SLO]

I think I missed something.
Wasn't part of the overhaul in '07 to make the shifter action lighter?
Did Campy recently find a dusty box of '06 shifters?

I can hear it now:
Luigi: "Look at this old crap. What are we gonna do with it?"
Antonio: "Hey, Luigi, I gotta idea!"

[sspielman]

I think I missed something.
Wasn't part of the overhaul in '07 to make the shifter action lighter?
Did Campy recently find a dusty box of '06 shifters?

I can hear it now:
Luigi: "Look at this old crap. What are we gonna do with it?"
Antonio: "Hey, Luigi, I gotta idea!"


hey...It worked for the other Red stuff!

[saab2000]

I think I missed something.
Wasn't part of the overhaul in '07 to make the shifter action lighter?
Did Campy recently find a dusty box of '06 shifters?

I can hear it now:
Luigi: "Look at this old crap. What are we gonna do with it?"
Antonio: "Hey, Luigi, I gotta idea!"

Take away something that always existed, re-introduce it and sell it for more as an improvement.

[Steve in SLO]

Coke Classic...

[fiamme red]

Take away something that always existed, re-introduce it and sell it for more as an improvement.http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10309.0658.e ml

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[Fixed]

Gold, or something. Red is taken.
I think they got the hint that the master was not going to use campy since the other red came out ..and they want the master back
cheers imho

[Avispa]

that must be one stiff G Spring

$640... Wow... I would get them before the dallah is .20 cents worth an Euro! That will make them about a Grand! :D :D

..A..

[Vancouverdave]

Campy is staffed by absolutely brilliant marketers. Watch hard-tension spring retrofit kits be sold next year (packaged with a "Red Spring" sticker) at a premium price.

[chrisroph]

ridiculous. glad i've got a set of chorus alloys for my next bike, a zanc cross.

vancouverdave rocks downtube shifters on a 531 steel frame he made himself, very tasty.

dave, thanks for the tensionometer, i played with it a bit last night and i can see it is going to take some time to learn how to use it properly.

[Kane]

Why not order a stiffer spring and have your levers re-built if you are silly enough to want a stiffer spring.
Cheers,

[djg]

i'm selling red magic markers for $66.
make your own set.
make check out to:
stevepenterprises

will take 6-8 weeks for delivery.

Are there distinct markers for right and left brifters? Also, are they backwards compatible with earlier versions of Record 10? Are they compatible with Chorus? Also, I'm wondering whether the markers are really magic.

[shinomaster]

They should write about that here imho. http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

[benb]

Why not just get some viagra to go with your floppy shifters.