Super Record S

[AngryScientist]

I think now I'm getting a little confused with the Campag line-up. Have we discussed this here?

So now there is

Super Record WRL
Super Record EPS
Super Record S
Super Record (mech)(disc and rim)
Record (disc and rim)
Chorus (disc and rim)
Centaur (rim)

I thought this was an interesting real-world vid of SR S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lIEd5O5x8

[ckamp]

Im still waiting for Super Super Record

[charliedid]

Just a rumor or hearsay....it was inferred to me that it was designed as an OEM group for complete bikes.

[Mark McM]

There was a time when Super Record was not a complete group unto itself, but was a name applied to a few select high spec. components. When Super Record became a complete group, it was a singular pinnacle, above all the other Campagnolo groups. Somehow now the majority of Campagnolo groups are called Super Record.

Maybe this is like Lake Wobegon, where every single child is above average.

[fignon's barber]

I've been on Campagnolo almost exclusively since 1988. Never really cared for Super Record. To me, it's a bit like the gold plated Colnagos: a bit too much. Always been a Chorus guy, absolutely stopping at Record if I wanted to splurge.

[Blown Reek]

I've been on Campagnolo almost exclusively since 1992. Never really cared for Chorus. To me, it's a bit like 105/Ultegra: a bit too pedestrian. Always been a Record guy, moved to Super Record when it became the top offering.

[bigbill]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

I think now I'm getting a little confused with the Campag line-up. Have we discussed this here?

So now there is

Super Record WRL
Super Record EPS
Super Record S
Super Record (mech)(disc and rim)
Record (disc and rim)
Chorus (disc and rim)
Centaur (rim)

I thought this was an interesting real-world vid of SR S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lIEd5O5x8

Great video. I have four bikes with campy ranging from Record 10 to 2015 Chorus 11. My trainer bike has a mixed group from 2009 with an Ultegra chain driving the 11-28 cassette on my Wahoo KICKR. The Record 10 is on an MX Leader, the Pegoretti BLE has the newer Chorus group, and the Nobilette GT has all alloy PS Athena 11 from 2012. I do my own wrenching and keep spares in my "campy box" that include UT cups (eng+Ita), two sets of Chorus steel bearings, wavy washer, retainer clip, Chorus 102 bottom bracket for the Merckx, two Chorus 11 chains, and two Chorus 11 speed cassettes, because I have faith that most LBS don't have these items. I don't see myself buying any new campy groups.

I have three bikes with Shimano, a MTB with XT 11, gravel bike with a mix of 6800, 8000, and 685 levers, and a Lynskey with 8000 which will soon have a powermeter crankset. Shimano stuff just works and the parts are reasonable and readily available.

Finally, I have one SRAM AXS bike, an Open Min.d with 12 speed Red. It is the first and only electronic shifting bike I have. I like it, but swapping between bikes requires me to reconfigure my brain in the first few miles. I've had no issues with AXS, and Force level components are good and similar to using Ultegra parts in an otherwise Dura Ace drivetrain.

[mcteague]

Originally Posted by ckamp

Im still waiting for Super Super Record

Not Super-Duper Record?

Tim

[fignon's barber]

Originally Posted by Blown Reek

I've been on Campagnolo almost exclusively since 1992. Never really cared for Chorus. To me, it's a bit like 105/Ultegra: a bit too pedestrian. Always been a Record guy, moved to Super Record when it became the top offering.

Like I said...gold plated Colnago.

[Buzz Killington]

All of those I'd need to pay 1/2 cash and 1/2 credit card so my wife wouldn't kill me when she saw the credit card statement.

[ckamp]

Originally Posted by mcteague

Not Super-Duper Record?

Tim

No, that would make too much common sense. Haha

[peanutgallery]

Ultra Record Platinum Recaro edition

Presented by Gucci

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

I think now I'm getting a little confused with the Campag line-up. Have we discussed this here?

Yes, except for the addition of SR S, @gfk_velo gave a complete summary of the full complement of Campy offerings. Alas I'm too lazy to search for it, but I know I've quoted it several times in other threads.

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

I thought this was an interesting real-world vid of SR S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lIEd5O5x8

I'd put that video in the 'meh' bin myself. The most interesting question it prompts for me regards the calculus for Campy and its distributors when it comes to doling out samples for YouTubers to test and review. I think they have 320k subs, which sounds like a decent number but I'd also want to know about their engagement (I hate that term) numbers.

My cursory search indicates that the price difference between SR S and Dura-Ace 12 speed is +/-$200. That doesn't seem to warrant their whingeing about price, but maybe it's different in the UK.

Interesting comment from the mechanic about Campy needing to make things easier for bike shops. OTOH, if the reviewers are correct that "nobody rides Campag in the northeast (?)" then perhaps Campy's smart in ignoring those shops.

[Wakatel_Luum]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

I thought this was an interesting real-world vid of SR S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lIEd5O5x8

I don't really rate this review much at all, it appears to contradict the reviews I have seen from owners and users of Campagnolo Wireless.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

"nobody rides Campag in the northeast (?)"

I realize this is purely anecdotal, but fwiw when I lived & rode in New York City I knew at least a dozen other cyclists who had Campy. Been living & riding in Arizona now for 3 or 4 years and I've still only met one other cyclist with Campy here.

:shrugs: