hannawald wrote:How is Campagnolo today? I don´t wanna flame war, just asking those, who can compare...guys from my bike shop (they sell Bianchi and do sell Campagnolo) told me that they would not put Campagnolo on their personal bikes. It´s harder to tune and when tuned it lasts less compared to Shimano...they told me they would prefer Shimano 105 to any Campagnolo groupset..
Is Campagnolo front derailleur 100 percent OK with non Campagnolo chainrings or the performance is affected?
Is Campagnolo rear derailleur 100 percent OK with SRAM/Shimano cassette (I already have and my wheels have this rotor) or the performance is affected?
Thanks a lot!
I'm running a red 11 speed cassette on Campy Potenza right now... It's absolutely fine.
I'm running a Power meter with non Campy rings on a bike with a Campy chain and front Der and it's absolutely fine...
And I've got Campy bikes that have been running literally since before SRAM road was born (no slight against SRAM).
In short, I think the guys in your shop need training... again, no slight, but I don't notice a longevity gap between (blanket general terms) "Shimano" and "Campagnolo". There are functional difs that can come down to personal pref, but the rest sounds like trolling... (I will say there are build differences that require some knowledge and Shimano is much more common so gets much more training, but durability difs are pretty small if they exist at all from one part to the next)