Don't know about the rest of the parts, but according to the Campy spare parts diagram, the internals of the new Xenon shifters are the same as Mirage, Veloce, and Centaur. The levers differ since they're made of plastic vs. Al or carbon, but everything else looks the same. I think in previous years Xenon shifters had a different design from other lines, but this doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
Mirage isn't all that smooth, but it is reliable and doesn't require much in terms of maintenance. I was going to get a nicer bike, but I didn't like the way the Ultegra group shifted on it.
Yeah, a buddy went cheap and got Xenon. OMFG, the levers are scary. Plastic flexy stuff, and also can't do the multiple-upshift thing. It really is Euro-Sora.
The brakes stopped the bike. Eventually. Kind of like the avid cantilevers on my cross bike.
Derailleurs seemed okay.
You just said "time to ride myself on shimano." Do you mean "RID myself OF shimano?"
Yeah, a buddy went cheap and got Xenon. OMFG, the levers are scary. Plastic flexy stuff, and also can't do the multiple-upshift thing. It really is Euro-Sora.
As I understand it, only Chorus and Record can do multiple upshifts with the 2007 series of components. All the others can do single upshifts and double downshifts, but that's it. (I've read elsewhere that only Record will do it, but the diagrams seem to indicate that Chorus uses the same design; the different design is for Centaur and lower.)
I checked the diagrams again, hoping that there was some sort of "upgrade" to the mechanisms, but alas, you're right: they all inherited the shifting system directly from Xenon 9s. It is a significantly simpler system, so hopefully they'll at least have the benefit of better reliability (ie., no broken G-springs). I wonder if it'll also bring down the price. Probably not.
I thought Xenon/Mirage were AL levers wrapped in plastic.
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