5/27/2023 0 Comments Campagnolo gravel bikeThroughout Rodeo’s existence we built a few Campagnolo drivetrain bikes here and there but the existing groupsets they made weren’t really well adapted for gravel riding (or even disc brakes initially). Ekar 13 + Flaanimal 5 Ti + Shamal carbon whels + 2.0″ Ikon tires It wasn’t love at first sight and there weren’t any immediate plans to try Campagnolo again any time soon. The Campagnolo controls were somewhat reversed from the Shimano controls that I was used to, so throughout the race I repeatedly went to shift to an easier ratio for a hill, but instead the reversed controls had exactly the opposite effect: I dropped into a more difficult gear and stalled out. In short: I just couldn’t get the shifting right. Having spent the majority of my drop bar riding life on Shimano components the instant transition to this new Italian groupset was quite jarring. My bike was disabled with a flat tire so a friend lent me his Campy equipped steed for my race. It was during a cyclocross race in Portland, Oregon more than a decade ago. Before 2021 I had really only ever had one singular ride on Campagnolo components.
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