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jtbaldwin
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: January 3, 2008
Strengths: Light, good looking, and works fine (before failing completely).Weaknesses: Bad design using carbon fiber for cage. Very little weight advantage over aluminum Chorus version.Bottom Line: This is simple: stay away from this front derailleur! Used it for only 6 months (less than 3000 miles) because it failed right through the carbon fiber cage on a ride. I've used Campy almost exclusively for 20 years and I've never had any component fail.....until this one. I switched to the Chorus version and am convinced that it is a much better choice than going back to the Record version.
Favorite Ride: Anything with long, steady climbs
Price Paid:
$99.00
Purchased At: All-American Bikes,
Similar Products Used: Campy Chorus 10-speed compact front derailleur. (Non-Carbon) Campy Record 9-speed front derailleurs.
Bike Setup: Cervelo R3, Campy Record, Zipp CSC wheels, FSA bars and stem.
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GENE THIMLAR
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: August 4, 2007
Strengths: light and looks koolWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: This derailer is great. I have fsa compact crank and the regular ultegra always lost the chain. Now I canshift down even going up hill. It works great with the Ultegra shifters.
Favorite Ride: river dr
Price Paid:
$120.00
Purchased At: lbs
Similar Products Used: ultegra, 105
Bike Setup: litespeed tuscany,fsa compact crank, velomax wheels easton ec70 bar and seat post
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jhracing
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: February 24, 2007
Strengths: Looks nice, lightweightWeaknesses: Clamp cuts into seat tube. Shift quality not perfect: can refuse to drop onto small ring under load and can take several revolutions to get onto large ring.Bottom Line: Front derailleurs have a pretty simple job - push the chain on and off chainrings. The devil is in the details, especially for compact cranksets where the tooth spacing somewhat large like my 50-34.
Frankly, I find the details poorly executed here. My Pinarello requires a clamp-on front derailleur and the hinge on this one cuts into the seat tube, I've had to pad it to avoid more damage to paint and metal.
Shifting quality is not so great. It could be the Ergopower lever, but even after precisely positioning the derailleur according to the manual, it still occasionally won't go from large ring to small under moderate load, and going from small to large will sometimes lead to "freewheeling" for a couple of pedal revs as the chain is between rings. Not at all what I expect from Campy Record.
Favorite Ride: Windward Oahu
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$100.00
Purchased At: Competitive Cyclist
Similar Products Used: Low and mid-level Shimano and Suntour
Bike Setup: Pinarello Paris SL, full Campy Record, Eurus wheels, Easton bars and stem.
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