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Dura Ace 2009

Postby Ivor » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:57 pm

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Re: Dura Ace 2009

Postby Andrew G » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:10 pm

It's all wierd isn't it. Campag change the design of their shifters so they look big, ugly and more like Shimano, Shimano change theirs so they are smaller and more ergomic like Campag. :?

Bring on the discounted sale prices of 2007/08 Campag kit I say so I can stock up.
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Re: Dura Ace 2009

Postby Marky Mark » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:06 pm

Looking at it all from an engineers point of view, all that comes to mind is Mmmmmmmm nice.

Can anybody tell me why they dont run cables inside the bars? or has it been tried in the past?
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Re: Dura Ace 2009

Postby Andrew G » Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:46 pm

I'd guess it's to do with either having tight turns in the cables, or probably more likely and important, weakening the bars with holes drilled in them close together. That's probably a question for an engineer though :wink: .

Also how many holes do you drill and where do you put them to cover different manufacturers shifters and where people may want them mounted on the bar?

Pre-integrated levers when it was just a brake lever (downtube/bar-end shifters) they did run the cables inside the bars. You also often run the cables in the bars on TT bikes as the shifters and brake levers are separate.
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Re: Dura Ace 2009

Postby Snoop Doug » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:52 pm

[quote="Andrew G"]It's all wierd isn't it. Campag change the design of their shifters so they look big, ugly and more like Shimano, Shimano change theirs so they are smaller and more ergomic like Campag. :?


This is common practice in most industries. Periodically the rival designers will meet at a secret location for a curry and a few beers. Once they are all a tad razzed they dream up ways of parting the unsuspecting punter from their hard earned cash. This year they simply swapped drawings. S'easy innit.
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