Shimano plus Campagnolo setup

[dav_papp]

Hey there,

It might be a dumb questions, but I'm kind of lost right now.

I have a vintage road bike with Shimano EX-500 (7 speed) set that works just fine but I would like switch to ergo shifting, so that I started looking for ergo shifters that would match my current setup, however I came across an advertisement in my area of an 8 speed Campagnolo Chorus Shifter (plus a Chorus crank, Chorus rear and front derailleur) for a really, really good price. I would consider this as a pretty good upgrade from my current setup.

Even if I changed everything on my bike I still would like to keep my wheelset that has Shimano 105 HG hubs.

Do you have any idea how could make the transition the least painful regarding the effort and money investment?

As a plan B I've got a friend who is offering a Sachs New Success brake lever shifters and as far as I know, it's able to shift with Shimano derailleur with no problems.

 

[hamster]

Campag and Shimano 7 both share the same 5.0mm cog spacing. Also Campag 8 is the same.

So yes, if you use the 7 speed Campag setup all together with the Shimano hub and cassette it should work perfectly.

 

[dav_papp]

Campag and Shimano 7 both share the same 5.0mm cog spacing. Also Campag 8 is the same.

So yes, if you use the 7 speed Campag setup all together with the Shimano hub and cassette it should work perfectly.

Thanks a lot. The Chorus set I'm looking at is an 8 speed set. Is there any way to eliminate the last click and cable pull?

 

[lewisfoto]

Campag and Shimano 7 both share the same 5.0mm cog spacing. Also Campag 8 is the same.

So yes, if you use the 7 speed Campag setup all together with the Shimano hub and cassette it should work perfectly.

Thanks a lot. The Chorus set I'm looking at is an 8 speed set. Is there any way to eliminate the last click and cable pull?

Set the limit screw on the rear mech so that the seventh position is as far as the mech will travel.

 

[hamster]

Exactly.

Make sure you keep top (first click) and stop the shifter from pulling the 8th click (for bottom gear -1). On most indexing systems click 1 is a little longer than the others to take up slack in the system and is important to get the rest to index tidily.

That said, Campag is a doddle to set up and far less tetchy than ShimaNO as it pulls far more cable per click. As a result it is more tolerant of dirt etc.

 

[mattsccm]

I was told, or read, that Sachs Ergos were set to shift Shimano 8 speed spacings. Can't see it myself. Seems a lot of engineering when by keeping things Campag spaced all that was needed was a new graphic.
My Sachs Ergos work perfectly with Campag spacings.

 

[David B]

I was told, or read, that Sachs Ergos were set to shift Shimano 8 speed spacings. Can't see it myself. Seems a lot of engineering when by keeping things Campag spaced all that was needed was a new graphic.
My Sachs Ergos work perfectly with Campag spacings.

I was also under the impression that the Sachs Ergo levers had Shimano-pattern indexing, especially as the Sachs rear cassette hubs for both road and MTB used a Shimano spline pattern (although oddly Sachs never offered any road cassettes; threaded freewheels on the other hand could be had in both formats depending on the colour of the plastic sprocket spacers - brown for Campag, black for Shimano??).

David