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EPS v3 … great, but what about disc brakes?

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  • September 4, 2015 at 1:10 pm #24742
    userfriendly

    Does anyone have an educated guess when Campagnolo are going to come out with what surely must be a Record EPS groupset with hydraulic disc brakes?

    I was hoping for relevant news from Eurobike but all I got was this “Mein Kampy” app (it looks intriguing – but come on, really unfortunate name, guys).

    I have a bad feeling that if I don’t hear anything from them about this before the year is up I may do the silly / impatient thing and buy last year’s Chorus EPS instead.

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  • September 7, 2015 at 5:53 am #858831
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    ianSWBB

    So at our last visit to the
    So at our last visit to the Campag factory, we saw the prototype disc brake calipers

    Nothing is rushed there though – their current timeline is along the lines of testing in 2016, with the view of releasing at Eurobike 2016, then set-ups available late 2016, early 2017
    🙂

    September 7, 2015 at 12:33 am #858829
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    userfriendly

    Yeah, and so is EPS. I’m not
    Yeah, and so is EPS. I’m not sure I get your point – no offence. I want Campagnolo on my bike, not Shimano. And I want to know when their hydraulic disc brake groupset will be ready.

    September 6, 2015 at 10:36 pm #858827
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    sergius

    userfriendly wrote:I can –

    userfriendly wrote:
    I can – shifter (and shifting) feel

    I’ll admit I’ve never used Campagnolo gear up front; but I’m not sure how anything can feel “nicer” than Di2. It just works so well, click up, click down. Ease off the pressure for 0.5 seconds while shifting and you can change no matter what gradient you’re heading up.

    I’ve heard this line before, I’m just not sure I understand the rationale. The Tiagra on my other bike works great, I’m not sure I’d describe shifting as nice though – but Di2 is on another level to any mechanical shift I’ve ever used.

    September 6, 2015 at 8:39 pm #858825
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    userfriendly

    I can – shifter (and
    I can – shifter (and shifting) feel, look of the components, low weight. SRAM isn’t bad in the weight department either, but almost uglier than Shimano. Almost.

    Anyway … sad to see Campagnolo losing users over this disc brake delay, but I guess that’s to be expected.

    Really hoping they will at least hint at a rough timescale soon, for introduction and availability. Otherwise it’s going to be EPS v2 & cable discs for me.

    September 6, 2015 at 8:30 pm #858823
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    srchar

    I got sick of waiting and
    I got sick of waiting and bought Ui2/hydro for my new bike.

    Campag peaked with the first iteration of 11-speed Athena – a lovely, polished alloy groupset with all the bells and whistles you get on Super Record. Then they took away multiple upshifts and made the chainset difficult to spanner. It pains me to say it, but I can’t think of a rational reason to bolt a Campag groupset on in 2015.

    September 6, 2015 at 6:42 pm #858821
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    userfriendly

    Well, we know they are
    Well, we know they are working on it, and they will release it at some point. And it’s Campagnolo, of course they’re going to do it right.

    That’s precisely what’s annoying me – this isn’t even a question of “if” or “how”. What’s the harm in being a bit more open about the when? I don’t even care about the price, all I want to know is when. 🙁

    September 6, 2015 at 6:31 pm #858819
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    crikey

    They need to do it, and do it
    They need to do it, and do it right, and do it quickly or Campag will become the provider of retro old men groupsets and fade from prominence rather quickly.

    September 6, 2015 at 6:25 pm #858817
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    userfriendly

    I’m sorry to hear that.
    I
    I’m sorry to hear that. 🙁

    I really wish they weren’t so much like Apple in this regard. C’mon, enough with the secrecy already!

    September 6, 2015 at 4:50 pm #858815
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    therevokid

    i went one step worse and
    i went one step worse and bought hydro di2 … 🙁

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