Campy wheels on Shimano drivetrain

[leicaman]

Can I run campy wheels on a shimano drivetrain?

 

[GrantT]

Yes, put a Campy cassette on it.

 

[bloaker]

11speed, yes - to clarify, I have not done it, but read in multiple places the 11 speeds are interchangeable. (yay for neutral wheels), but 10 speed is not.

 

[saibot]

 

[bloaker]

Can I run campy wheels on a shimano drivetrain?

If you said "Should Irun campy wheels on a shimano drivetrain?" - I would have said.... NO!

 

[TCC]

Yes, given the following;

1. The hub is able to be switched to a Shimano system (ie, does the hub manufacturer actually make the required parts for that that hub, and can it be switched, etc?)

2. The wheel is adjusted for any potential dishing misalignment as a result of switching freebody systems.

Or do you mean wheels which are actually made by Campagnolo?

 

[GrantT]

Front wheel will be no good.

 

[theBlob]

Or do you mean wheels which are actually made by Campagnolo?

No I think he is talking about cheap carbon knock offs with campy stickers on them.

 

[TCC]

Well in that case it depends on the custom layup, shimmy, bi-lateral stiffness, compliance and balance of the custom recipe of the knock-offs.

 

[leicaman]

Sorry guys. This wasn't a technical question. More of a moral one.

 

[TCC]

If it a set of Campagnolo branded wheels, then it can remain a moral one.

If it is a set of wheels with a Campagnolo freebody, wishing to be used with a Shimano drivetrain, then it becomes a technical issue, or you are going to have to take a hammer to it, or get in touch with Carborundum, the ultimate forging machine, to press the non-fitting parts together with his ultimate pressing power.

 

[Adam Cobain]

The travesty of even the thought of it...

 

[bloaker]

Maybe the travesty is that you still ride shimano....

 

[GrantT]

I recently bought a SRAM Force left shifter to shift a Dura Ace front mech to shift a KMC chain on an FSA SL-K light crankset.

Go for the full SRAMpagno groupo

 

[leicaman]

I recently bought a SRAM Force left shifter to shift a Dura Ace front mech to shift a KMC chain on an FSA SL-K light crankset.

You make me sick mister . After seeing you pulling out a tube with 10 , or was it 11, patches on it, nothing surprises me.

@bloaker yeah, I know what you mean. My shimano gears and brakes are really light, have seen me through thousands of Km's of mountain road after mountain road and haven't let me down once. An absolute travesty
These Japanese know nothing about engineering huh.

 

[Adam Cobain]

Pasta is good, as is rice, but just don't mix the two...

 

[GrantT]

After seeing you pulling out a tube with 10 , or was it 11, patches on it,

Tested your pump yet?

I don't mean on Instagram

 

[bloaker]

@bloaker yeah, I know what you mean. My shimano gears and brakes are really light, have seen me through thousands of Km's of mountain road after mountain road and haven't let me down once. An absolute travesty

Exactly, where is the excitement in that?

 

[TCC]

Haha. Yeah, I have to say I do sometimes wish my Dura Ace Di2 would stop working so I could have a good old disassembly, research, fix, modify and reassemble. But it never does. Ever.

Rubbish.

 

[bloaker]

Kick the rear derailleur really hard one time... you then can live your dream!