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I got my Campagnolo cable kit finally. The delays are no longer fromthe sellers but from the USPS. Why would I buy something from LA that is rerouted by the postal service to Tuson?
In any case, these cables for an Italian company are made in Japan. I can only imagine that it is because of some sort of superior technology since Japan is not a cheap country to manufacture things in. The Funny part is that Campagnolo promotes
themselves as the highest technology available.
My use of Campy pretty much promotes that idea but I think that SRAM is catching up to them, I haven't used
Campy electronic shifting largely because it is so expensive but American electronics is generally far ahead of other countried including Japan. One thing that I do not like about Di2 is the levers. Even when my fingers were not having problems, the
layout of the up and down levers directly adjacent wasn't a particularly good idea and I would reprogram them so that the lower lever on both sides shifted the Di2 into a faster gear. That was always easier to remember for me.
But given the task of improving SRAM electric shifting I'm sure that I could do that fairly easily. Di2 is too large and burns too much energy. Presently SRAM uses too many batteries. For crying out loud, you have a wheel turning right there and a magnet
on it can generate all of the power you need. How much power does it take to slide a pin?
With all of the troubles I've had with my disc based Idol, it has also bothered me that disk bikes are heavier that rim brakes. Also, Campy Shamal w2heels are very much lighter than carbon wheels, largely because they are not deep aero wheels in the "
ultimate" versions. They spin so freely that the front and rear wheels spin for the same amount of time.
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