Noisy drivetrain Campagnolo Record

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BlackMadone
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by BlackMadone

Irish wrote:The problem with your campagnolo groupset is you need a better mechanic. :lol:


LOL! Its coming together now albit slowly... It rode perfectly today with no hiccups! :beerchug:

One thing I have to get use to is you can't shift into the bigger rings while braking...

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Everyone
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by Everyone

That's not that bad a thing though surely, if you're braking in the little ring why would you want to shift into the big ring at the same time?

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by XCProMD

You can do that, even if it doesn't seem obvious what for, exactly I the same fashion as it is possible to brake and shifting to a larger rear cog at the same time.

BlackMadone
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by BlackMadone

I was speaking about the rear cog... sometimes while braking I would shift in the the bigger cogs for acceleration after slowing and on Shimano I use the rear brakes to shift at the same time. On Campag I only use the front brakes and shift the rear cog at the same time... its really just a mental adjustment.

Everything is running smooth and quiet for over a week now. I have made all the adjustments to Campag after being a Shimano user for years and its pretty awesome. The way you click the thumb paddle and bang the next smaller cog is engaged is really cool. And the multi shift when you begin descending or climbing is great. Once I realized that I can move the downshift paddle where I want when shifting is a revelation making selecting the next gear down while on a climb simple. The brakes are great completely on par with Dura Ace. I really enjoy using the system and it makes my Bike look great.

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by FitzroyBoy

Hey all - just to add my 0.02c worth in the hope it helps someone. I moved to campy a couple of months back after always riding shimano or sram. I always service my own bikes and consider myself to be a reasonable bike mechanic. Campy (in my case Record) IMO requires much more careful adjustment to get things running smoothly than Shimano or SRAM. This isn't a criticism of it in fact I'd argue the opposite - there's more precision in play here. So I was chasing a slightly noisy middle section of the rear cassette ever since I installed it all. Just a bit of chatter in there that annoyed me cause I expect silence from the drivetrain. I finally went back to first principles and downloaded the campy Tech manual and readjusted the whole rear derailleur USING A RULER.. I'm used to doing adjustments like this by eye. It turns out my derailleur height was off by just under 1mm. It "looked" like it was inside the 5-7mm tolerance but with a ruler on it, it was at about 7.5mm. Made that adjustment to bring it inside tolerance (I went 6mm) and now I have total silence. Similar for the cable tension adjustments - on dura ace I'd adjust in 1/4 turns or thereabouts - with Record it's more like 1/8ths or even 1/16ths to get things spot on. So the lesson (for me at least) is much more careful adjustment for campy. Now that it's all tuned correctly, it is of course sublime to ride! Hope this helps..

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by HammerTime2

HammerTime2 wrote:
graeme_f_k wrote:the number of bikes that we see on events that have just come back from being serviced, even by very reputable shops, with glaring mistakes are legion.
Does this include any Campagnolo Pro-Shops?

I have had work performed on Campagnolo equipment by shops which were listed at the time on http://www.campagnolo.com/AU/en/Shops/proshop , and while I wouldn't say the work was terrible, it was very far from top notch. Meanwhile, a couple of Campagnolo dealers which are not listed in http://www.campagnolo.com/AU/en/Shops/proshop have done top notch work, on Campagnolo equipment and whatever else they worked on.

http://www.campagnolo.com/AU/en/Shops/proshop wrote:The selected retailers, immediately recognisable by the special window sticker with an annual stamp showing current validity
Just to give you an idea how credible the Campagnolo Pro-Shop and annual certification business is, go to http://www.campagnolo.com/AU/en/Shops/proshop and enter 95050 in the "Find The Store Nearest To You" box. The first entry is Shaw's Lightweight Cycles, which is (or should I say, was) absolutely top notch. The only problem is that the owner/salesperson/mechanic retired due to poor health and closed the store more than 4 years ago http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_17709017
Shaw's Lightweight Cycles closed over 5 years ago, but despite the alleged annual stamp showing current validity for Pro-Shop status, Shaw's Lightweight Cycles is still the first listed shop when 95050 is entered into http://www.campagnolo.com/AU/en/Shops/proshop . Incroyable.

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