Just curious to see if I am the only person left on earth running a campy 9 speed group on their main bike. I'm not talking about the second or third bike you ride once a year (which I don't have anyways). Instead I am wondering who is still using it as the component choice on their main ride?
I'm running record shifters with Chorus everything else. I did upgrade to a chorus carbon crank though. It is soooooo pretty.
I rebuilt my Record shifter for $30 after figuring out I had the same problem most people did with the 2000 shifters (the post broke/cracked on the retaining ring inside). After they, the shift just like new. Veloce 9 speed cassettes are only $40 at repartocorse.com and wipperman chains are only $27.
Even my commuter bike is using a mix of chorus, veloce, and mirage 9 speed.
I do admit though, my long range savings plan is for a LOOK 585 with full chorus 10 speed group. But that is 2-3 years away.

don't worry about what other people do. In areas of moderately rolling terrain, fit riders don't need 10 speeds. I rode in the Kansas City area with a 12-21 9 speed for several years. Never found a hill that I couldn't conquer in a 39/21 (standing).

I switched to 10 speed when it was first introduced in 2000 and used an 11-23 cassette until I found that I never used the 11. I switched to a 12-25 and rarely used the 25, but did find it handy on big hills at the end of a long ride.

Now that I ride the Colorado mountains, I use a 53/39/28 triple with a 12-25 10 speed cassette and use entire range of gear on some rides.

I thnk the cost of cassettes and chains is overblown, particularly compared to the cost of tires, which is far greater. A cassette should easily last 10,000 miles. With proper maintenance, two chains can be used over that 10,000 cassette life. My chains show virtually no elongation after 3000 miles.

I recently picked up a Centaur 10 cassette for $70, but it won't porbably won't be used for at least a couple of years, since I split my mileage between two bikes.

Triples are great in the mountains. I had a 53/39 last year. Forget that. My cadence was so slow on some climbs that it was more like weight lifting than cycling. C-40 - Where do you ride in Colorado?

http://www.teamevergreen.org/sitemap_RR.htm

Check out the April 25th ride. This is my regular stomping grounds. I live 11 miles from the Wadsworth/Deer Creek Canyon Road intersection. I ride the 11 miles to the start most of the time, except in the early season, when I drive over to concentrate on my climbing.

I'm running an 8speed on my primary road bike.
Thinking of jumping all the way up to 10speed if costs get in line with my budget.

I've also got an old 6-speed Campy hanging on a bike in the garage for when I really want to feel dated.

You're no where near the last person on earth with 9 speed, in fact you're way ahead of most of us. ;)

http://www.teamevergreen.org/sitemap_RR.htm

Check out the April 25th ride. This is my regular stomping grounds. I live 11 miles from the Wadsworth/Deer Creek Canyon Road intersection. I ride the 11 miles to the start most of the time, except in the early season, when I drive over to concentrate on my climbing.


Looks like a great ride. 8k. Nice oxygen bars too I'll bet.

I have a Veloce 9 on my "second bike," which I actually ride more than my main bike (which has a Chorus 10). Sorry to report, but the Chorus 10 shifts more quickly and reliably than the Veloce 9. This is despite (or perhaps even because!) of the fact that the Chorus 10 has over 7000 miles on it, while the Veloce only has about a thousand. Or perhaps it's because the 10 speed shifters, being a newer design, are simply better engineered. BTW, my "third bike" has Nuovo Record 5...

Since we're on the topic, can anyone here use a Campy 9-speed cassette? It is unused - my wife prefers ShimaNo - go figure!

Women!

I guess $45 would get it shipped to your door.

Rick

I have Veloce 9spd on my Winter-Bike, which where I live unfortunately means a lot of miles on it
Works great, not as good as my Centaur 10 spd though. But the tear and wear on chain and casettes when riding in rainy, sand-filled and salty roads (yes the road-department here is insane, salt is for food, but not roads..) leave you with this as the only sane choice.

I have Veloce 9spd on my Winter-Bike, which where I live unfortunately means a lot of miles on it
Works great, not as good as my Centaur 10 spd though. But the tear and wear on chain and casettes when riding in rainy, sand-filled and salty roads (yes the road-department here is insane, salt is for food, but not roads..) leave you with this as the only sane choice.


Man, where do you live?? Sounds like Scotland to me! :D

Not Scotland, but Denmark... Same-same I guess except no hills :-(

I run Veloce 9s as well. I opted for the 9 over the ten last year, because in my Campy-deprived redneck area 10 speed chains are impossible to find.