r/campagnolo

Good morning to you all,

I am just before starting a new built and maybe I get my hands on a "second hand like new" mechanical campagnolo super record 11s fd, rd and shifters. So I have to complete the drivetrain with chainring, chain, cassette, freehub, ...
Until now my experiance is limited to Shimano and SRAM, so is my "spare parts box". I really hope to use as many parts from that box as possible (also to stay compartible to my other n-number of bikes...).

Which parts can I use from other manufacturers then campagnolo?

I’ve currently got a centaur red 10 speed groupset, with a compact 50-34T crankset. if I were to upgrade shifters, RD, FD and chain to chorus 12, do I also need to change the crankset to 12 or can I keep my current one? The aim of the exercise is to increase my low gear ratios as the centaur RD is short cage and my cassette is 12-27. I want to go to a 11/12-32/34 cassette which isn’t possible with my current RD, and the best I could go in 10 speed is 12-30. So it’s an upgrade to 11 or 12. As 11 speed components are hard to find now, seemingly my only option is to look at 12. My plan would be to upgrade everything except the brake calipers and crankset, and later have the option to upgrade the crankset to 48-32T 12 to give me even lower ratios. I’m 60 and my legs are now struggling to keep up with my current drivetrain. Any other options to achieve my aim are welcome. Thanks.

My (two year old) Levante rear wheel has been slightly out of true for a while. It’s not much, about 1.5 mm lateral flex pr rotation.

This week my LBS guy went over it with a tensiometer and said all the spokes are fine. He unsuccessfully tried to true the flex down to zero. Then told me it was not worth the bother and adviced me to just live with the minor flex since it’s not recognizeable when riding and the wheel structure is sound enough. (Maybe he was just afraid too make things even worse).

So what’s next. Do I take his advice or should I move on to another shop for second opinion?

Thanks in advance!