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Does anyone know if the Campag Comp and Champ Triples are more or less the same? Or whether the Comp Triple is what's been referred to in earlier posts as the Racing Triple?

Thanks

I've always been told to go with 36 or 40 spoke for the rear wheel - my guess is that 28 might not quite be up to the job.

I've had a very similar query going on another thread about Campag Comp Triples. I've been told that the smallest ring which works with the front mech is a 28T. The 24T doesn't work at all and rubs in almost all gears. It may be easier for you to a rear cassette with a wider range - the one I've got is 13-29.

Unfortunately I've just seen the last two posts - I can definitely confirm that a 24T does not work with a Campy Comp Triple as it rubs on the bottom of the derailleur apart from when in the lowest gear on the cassette (think mine's 29T).

Tempted to try a 26T as that seems to work fine for 'hamster', but sounds like 28 may be the safer bet...

Great - many thanks for that. As far as I can tell that means I can get a 24T inner ring on Campag - hurrah!

Hi all,

Quick question I thought I'd be able to swiftly find the answer to on the internet, but it appears I can't...

Does anyone know what the BCD is of the inner ring on the Campag Comp Triple?

Many thanks,

Ed

Hi,
Planning to do the Newcastle - Whitehaven ride in May. Just looked into getting ourselves and bikes up there from London and it looks

a) difficult to get 4 people on one train with 4 bikes
b) unbelievably expensive - travelling outside of rush hour (which I think you have to do because of the bikes) makes it about £180 rtn per person

Is anyone aware of cheaper alternatives to get up there / anyone run bike minibuses up to the start and back from the finish etc?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ed
ps - apologies to anyone who's seen this twice - had it on another board for a bit

I've just changed my rear brake from a Tektro Oryx to a Tektro CR720, due to a problem with the micro-adjusting screw on the Oryx.
It looks like the the CR720 does not have the width the Oryx does, and it's a fraction narrower than the boss it fits onto is long. As such the allen bolt doesn't hold it completely still in a lengthwise sense (along the boss)
Does anyone know if this is a problem, and if so are there special washers you can get hold of which would effectively get rid of the extra space on the boss (i.e with the inner hole just a fraction wider than the boss)?

Many thanks,

Ed

Hi,

Have 36 spoke Mavic 719s for wheels. The tyres are 37s Vittoria Randonneur - which can only go up to 70psi. Thinking of getting some 28s - maybe Schwalbe Marathon Plus as it looks like they can be pumped up a fair bit more, which could be a bit more lively for the everyday rides...

Hi,

Have 36 spoke Mavic 719s for wheels. The tyres are 37s Vittoria Randonneur - which can only go up to 70psi. Thinking of getting some 28s - maybe Schwalbe Marathon Plus as it looks like they can be pumped up a fair bit more, which could be a bit more lively for the everyday rides...

Just a quick update now I've had some time to put the Pearson (which I ended up getting) to the test!
Initially I was using it as my commuting bike and I was a little disappointed. It felt a lot heavier than the Dawes One-Down, and also felt sluggish by comparison. This is all relative of course and I wouldn't say any of it felt 'bad'.

This weekend I took it for it's first loaded up 'mini-tour'. Tent etc, handlebar bag, but no front panniers. We cycled the Ridgeway, from Swindon to Goring. The weather was appalling, plenty of mud, plenty of stretches where there was no more than a loose footpath. I could barely feel the luggage - the bike handling much as it does without luggage. From Goring we went on to Marlow where there was plenty of opportunity to test its climbing ability. Again - very impresses. I've never had a tourer I felt comfortable standing in the pedals (should I want to). Whereas the Compass seemed to take this in its stride (will be interesting to see if the same is true with front panniers on it. Even the Campag Triple I got put on the bike seemed to offer a low enough gear to sit down for the job. However, more luggage and steeper hills and I may well find myself putting on something a bit lower...

All in, as a fully loaded tourer it seems fantastic. If a bit of light touring and commuting is more your thing there may be more suitable bikes.

Thanks all.

Good to know I can lower by a bit (and that there's a Campag 10sp cassette which could do the job the other way round and give a wider range than a chainset that goes down to 28 - saw an 11-34 on the IRD site as well as the 12-32 mentioned).

Ivor - it's more for loaded touring that I think I'd need lower gears. Unloaded it's more than low enough!

I have a Campag Race Triple Chainset and front derailleur. The Chainset is 50/40/30. I'm keen to get slightly lower gear ratios. One person's told me I should be able to get a smaller inner chainring on, another's told me I wouldn't and would have to swap the whole chainset and bottom bracket out to Shimano. (Neither have actually seen the bike)

Does anyone have (experience with) the Race Triple, and know how low an inner chainring you can put on it?

Many thanks.

Ed

Only just seen this, but a recent new bike makes me feel I should add my bit! Old bike had a Tiagra chainset (which I think went down to 30) and a Deore cassette (which I seem to remember was 11-34). Perfect for touring and always left a 'gear in hand' when loaded up.

New bike is Campag through and through - so down to 30 on the chainset and the cassette is 13-29. Haven't yet ridden it up hills loaded, but have done so unloaded. I suspect there will definitely never be a 'gear in hand' with this set up when a tent is slung over the back and cooking equipment across the front. Anything higher than 13 or 14% and I reckon it will be off the bike and walking. I'm planning on changing the chainset to a 26/38/48, which will give the same lowest gear as I previously had (I think), but a top gear that is some way off the last set (48-13 vs 52-11). (Not quite technically able enough i.m.o. to go through the Shimergo set up, and cost of new rear wheel built out of existing rim)

With hindsight, although the Campag levers are definitely nicer, I kind of wish I'd stuck with Shimano as it seems to give a wider range of gears albeit without the micro-adjustment between those that you do have. But to be honest I could live without being in the 'perfect' gear and would prefer a suitable top and bottom gear with reasonable ratios in-between...

Hi,

My 10 year old, much travelled Dawes One-Down was stolen from Long Acre in Covent Garden, London on Bank Holiday Monday May 25. Ironically I was in Stamford's, the map shop, buying cycling maps...

It's quite distinctive - orange metallic frame, Tiagra triple chainset, deore rear mech and cassette, drop handle-bars with Dura-Ace bar-end shifters, black forks, Time Atac pedals and the usual mudguards, rear rack etc.

If anyone comes across such a bike (I've only ever seen 1 other like it) it would be fab if you can tell me where.

Many thanks

Ed