1x Campagnolo Ekar drivetrain
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Thanks both @ogcsmith and @qwerzio for the suggestion of trying (non-Ekar) Campy rotors. So - as it happens - I have Campy AFS 03 rotors on another bike and I tried swapping them in tonight to check if they were any better. You guys are absolutely right! Very snug fit on the splines and minimal play. I was swapping them back and forth and the comparison was stark. It really does make the play in the Ekar disc look excessive.
It seems Ekar discs are cheaper (yay), but heavier and manufactured to looser tolerances. Buyer beware.
It's a little scary because they are so loose that only the very tips of the splines are in contact. I inspected the hub splines and could not see any evidence of rounding or stress marks so I guess they are going to hold but I am just not happy riding them so in the market for a replacement. I could just get another pair of AFS 03's but I was also looking at these: https://galferusa.com/bike/product/96579/DB102WCL. Has anyone else tried Galfer rotors with Campy calipers? Any compatibility concerns? The weight is certainly good...
It seems Ekar discs are cheaper (yay), but heavier and manufactured to looser tolerances. Buyer beware.
It's a little scary because they are so loose that only the very tips of the splines are in contact. I inspected the hub splines and could not see any evidence of rounding or stress marks so I guess they are going to hold but I am just not happy riding them so in the market for a replacement. I could just get another pair of AFS 03's but I was also looking at these: https://galferusa.com/bike/product/96579/DB102WCL. Has anyone else tried Galfer rotors with Campy calipers? Any compatibility concerns? The weight is certainly good...
No compatibility issues. But definitely not as good as campy
To me campy calipers with AFS rotors (not Ekar steel spider) is the state of the art in terms of modulation and braking power. Using Galfer would be a downgrade
To me campy calipers with AFS rotors (not Ekar steel spider) is the state of the art in terms of modulation and braking power. Using Galfer would be a downgrade
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Also, heat dissipation on the heavier ones is said to be better - if true, they may indeed be better suited for off road.
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My road bike has H11 and my gravel has Ekar. And the brakes are different. The H11 are crazy good. Immense stopping power with fantastic modulation. The Ekar brakes are really good but they don't seem to have the absolute power the H11 brakes have. The modulation is still fantastic and I would say they are 110% fine. Maybe they changed something to work better on dirt?RyanH wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:03 pmDoes anyone else find the braking on the Ekar slightly underwhelming? I remember H11, particulary when set to the more powerful option, a notch above good rim brakes. These seem to require a meaningful amount of pressure from the hoods for a high speed stop (or just coming to a stop at the end of my 15% grade street). Force is roughly the same as my eTap/eeBrakes/Bontrager XXX combo but I almost want to say in a panic stop the rim brakes are better (they're certainly better with the Hed Ardennes turbine track).
I don't think it's a bleed issue as braking occurs mid lever and is very very firm there. I'd prefer more lever travel to modulate better through the power curve and better be able to clamp down from the hoods. Campy braking historically has been biased towards being optimized for braking from the hoods (very long throw in the drops).
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Wouldn't it be the matter of tyre width? Wider tyres have much better traction and bigger intertia, so they would require much more braking force before they can be blocked. Also gravel bikes tend to be a tad heavier than road ones, which can amplify this effect.
I have yet to build a gravel bike on Ekar, but the whole set (cyllinder, callipers and pads) is identical to modern release of 12s road groups, and only callipers are different compared to H11 and early versions of 12s road.
I have yet to build a gravel bike on Ekar, but the whole set (cyllinder, callipers and pads) is identical to modern release of 12s road groups, and only callipers are different compared to H11 and early versions of 12s road.
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Interesting to hear that others are having this issue too. FWIW I am running glafers at the moment. They are a very tight fit on the splines, which is great. I have not done enough kms yet to comment on braking perf.de lars cuevas wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:00 pmHiya, same here. Did the LBS consider it a faulty product?
Yeah they did. I tried with other disks and there was no play at all. so basically they had to admit that was Campagnolo fault.de lars cuevas wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:00 pmHiya, same here. Did the LBS consider it a faulty product?
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I had this issue on two different DT240 wheelsets. What I found is that:simbikotic wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:17 amI am having a small issue with the Ekar disk rotors on a new build (thread: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=168926). The rotors are mounted on DT-Swiss 240 hubs and there is a lot of play in the spline fit, much more than I have experienced in the past with campag rotors on campag hubs. I heard AFS and centerlock are compatible but maybe the tolerances are not the same?
I had hoped that the play would go away when I tightened down the lockrings, but no. If I sit on the bike, hold the brakes and allow the bike to roll backwards with my weight on it I will hear the discs ping. They will then ping back when I use the brakes normally.
So two questions:
1. Have others had this same experience?
2. Any reccomendations for non Campag rotors I could try?
1-Without the lockring the Campag rotors definitely exhibit more play than Shimano rotors (RT-99, RT900 and MT900 tested)
2-With the RT81 internal lockring with thin silver washer tightened down 40nm, no play on either Campag or Shimano rotors.
3-With M8010 external lockring WITHOUT washer, there is play with the Campag rotor but not with the Shimano rotors when tightened down to 40nm
4-With M8010 external lockring WITH washer, no play with either Campag or Shimano rotors when tightened to 40nm
Also what might help for rotor retention is something like the November Wheels or Boyd centerlock rotor shims. It seems like the centerlock interface of the Campag rotors' carrier is just that tiny bit smaller than Shimano rotors, so if you can do some micro-shimming it should help in providing the additional needed friction surfaces.
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If torqued properly, there's no play. One would think that these were out of spec, QC would've go them. So I guess it's okay. Contated Campa HQ anyway, keep you informed!
Cheers, Lars.
Cheers, Lars.
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As mentioned before, there are some people who have cassette noises. I think the black aluminium sleeve inside the cassette is the victim. The sleeve is rather loose and has some play. So the noise is maybe coming from the sleeve "hitting" the freehub or rocking inside the cassette. Has somebody tried to remove the sleeve or if you didn't try to remove it, maybe a good amount of thick grease on the inside of the sleeve will help to reduce, remove the noise.
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