Is Campagnolo 10 speed still a thing? - Page 4

christian · #46 03-12-2024, 09:09 AM

I'm not a luddite, but I have a Colnago Extreme Power with Record 10 and a Hampsten Strada Bianca with Chorus 10 (and my wife has a Parlee with Record 10). You'd be hard-pressed to convince me that there is another group which is as reliable, durable, and serviceable as Campy 10 for "regular road riding."

benb · #47 03-12-2024, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by steelrimbrake

What grades are you guys riding that stay with 10-speed? I’m on 10-speed now, just curious about the areas people ride in and when they’d feel the need for more gears.

The high point in stuff I've owned for extreme climbing was 9-speed.

Cause with Shimano back then you could mix in XT parts to get extreme range on your road bike and it all worked very well other than having to keep a different chain for it.

Somewhere along the way they started making stuff more and more incompatible between MTB/Road.

slowpoke · #48 03-12-2024, 09:27 AM

SRAM offers that compatibility nowadays... with wireless.

benb · #49 03-12-2024, 09:38 AM

What I don't get in any case is now it seems more people want to ride around with that huge range all the time.

I really don't. I only want to swap the gears for the rides I know have that level of extreme climbing, which has almost always been just for hillclimb races, and then with a more mild version of it for something like a 100+ mile ride that has bad mountain passes in it.

53/39 + 12-29 has still been fine for me for the most extreme rides I've done in the last 10 years that were 90%+ pavement. I would go lower for a hillclimb like Mt. Washington. But I have really hated 50/34 + 12-30 when I've done that around where I live. It's way too low.

I get AXS for people who want lower gears cause I really don't like 50/34 with a tight spaced cassette, it ends up leaving me in a zone where I'm having to shift the front derailleur way too often.

Elefantino · #50 03-12-2024, 04:08 PM

The 10-speed Record on my Fierte IT shifts better than anything.

T-Crush · #51 03-12-2024, 04:25 PM

Not sure where you live, but I live on a hill that has a 17% grade at the beginning and end of every ride. No way around it. If I don't run something close to 34-30, I end up walking home. Not fun.

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Originally Posted by benb

What I don't get in any case is now it seems more people want to ride around with that huge range all the time.

I really don't. I only want to swap the gears for the rides I know have that level of extreme climbing, which has almost always been just for hillclimb races, and then with a more mild version of it for something like a 100+ mile ride that has bad mountain passes in it.

53/39 + 12-29 has still been fine for me for the most extreme rides I've done in the last 10 years that were 90%+ pavement. I would go lower for a hillclimb like Mt. Washington. But I have really hated 50/34 + 12-30 when I've done that around where I live. It's way too low.

I get AXS for people who want lower gears cause I really don't like 50/34 with a tight spaced cassette, it ends up leaving me in a zone where I'm having to shift the front derailleur way too often.

helldriven · #52 03-12-2024, 06:43 PM

Campy Record 10 on my Peg, I have no intensions of changing a thing.

oldpotatoe · #53 03-13-2024, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by slowpoke

SRAM offers that compatibility nowadays... with wireless.

You forgot the

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C40_guy · #54 03-13-2024, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by slowpoke

SRAM offers that compatibility nowadays... with wireless.

Wireless?

"Hey Siri, shift to large chainring."

jpritchet74 · #55 03-13-2024, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by slowpoke

SRAM offers that compatibility nowadays... with wireless.

But wireless with a 2x chainring is terrible. I had that on my gravel bike and it's being replaced by Chorus 12s.

With SRAM AXS you can't shift the FD and RD simultaneously. You have to shift one, wait a second, then the other. It completely screws up the pedaling fluidity. It's awful.