tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520252.post114034100725668820..comments2023-06-27T00:14:17.941+09:30Comments on eebahgum!: Shimano bike components are a joke!eebahgum!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17113919729814405265noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520252.post-34822598417750589312007-11-29T11:40:00.000+10:302007-11-29T11:40:00.000+10:30Hey, anon. Thanks for commenting. I too used to be...Hey, anon. Thanks for commenting. I too used to be beguiled by the latest Shimano whizz-bang advances, until I realised from experience that new features were driven more by marketing than (usually) by real technical advances. Look at all those 'cool' centre-pull aero brake mechanisms Shimano brought out in the 70s and 80s. I still have a couple of sets, and they look great, but it's all gone back to side-pull these days.<BR/><BR/>Campy do change and update their ranges, and new campy gear is much more advanced than the old. But guess what, the old stuff still works and you can still usually get parts for it. My track bike was heavily raced in the early 50s and its Campag Record hubs, bottom bracket and headset are as good as new. In fact, better than most brand new bikes.<BR/><BR/>As the old saying goes, though it's rarely applied to bike parts, "fashion is temporary, but style is eternal".eebahgum!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17113919729814405265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520252.post-2753702766837515172007-11-29T09:14:00.000+10:302007-11-29T09:14:00.000+10:30Thats because campy hasn't changed in 50 years. Sh...Thats because campy hasn't changed in 50 years. Shimano has been changing and improving where as if you look at a 10 year old campy groupset not alot has changed at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520252.post-1151804015132149872006-07-02T11:03:00.000+09:302006-07-02T11:03:00.000+09:30absolutely. I bought Shimano on my last two rode ...absolutely. I bought Shimano on my last two rode bikes -- the first cause I couldn't get Campy clicks then, and the second because I didn't think my wheels from bike 1 would work with the new one. <BR/><BR/>Not next time. Campy for meCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06743407254209604091noreply@blogger.com