Dream build question

outfox

I'm getting the parts together for a new project. Just wondering: Would it be sacrilege to have Campag Bora wheels with a Shimano groupset??

531

Whether it is sacrilegious depends on your religious and/or moral views. What you are considering, though, is certainly illegal.

OleRodrigo

100 %. This is why Fulcrums exist.

Better off going with a campag gruppo - problem solved. Potenza is an excellent alternative to Ultegra.

Raam

If the wheel fits, ride it.

secman

We live in a multicultural society now, your dream is exactly that.... your dream .... ride on

daragh_

Raam wrote: »

If the wheel fits, ride it.

It's like we don't even know you man.

Plastik

daragh_ wrote: »

It's like we don't even know you man.

Did you even see his TT bike??

ratracer

Ah stop, right now!

Next you’ll be wanting to wear mis-matched socks......

Raam

ratracer wrote: »

Ah stop, right now!

Next you’ll be wanting to wear mis-matched socks......

WOAH WOAH WOAH! Let's not go too far here.

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Raam wrote: »

WOAH WOAH WOAH! Let's not go too far here.

I'm already there :cool:

magicbastarder

if you're unsure, stick a shimano wheel on the front and a campy on the back.

outfox

This is all getting very confusing. On the one hand, I agree with the 'ride your dream, whatever the hell frankenstein it is'.
On the other hand, the rules are the rules.
I have Potenza on another bike, and can't warm to it. I'm a Shimano whore all the way.
But Bora wheels look the biz, and feel super to ride.
First world, and all that.

tunney

Plastik wrote: »

Did you even see his TT bike??

I heard he is talking about doing a triathlon.

07Lapierre

What Frame?
What Saddle?
What Handlebars, pedals etc.?

C'mon...we can't make such a vital decision without all the facts!

OleRodrigo

Hmm. Call me superstitious, but on a 70 kmph descent, I'd like to know the cycling gods are not angry with me..

daragh_

tunney wrote: »

I heard he is talking about doing a triathlon.

truly we live in the Darkest Timeline

outfox

07Lapierre wrote: »

What Frame?
What Saddle?
What Handlebars, pedals etc.?

C'mon...we can't make such a vital decision without all the facts!

Merckx 525 (the original design, before the yukky facelift in 2016). Wanted one since they came out in 2012/2013.
Has to be a Prologo saddle, and probably Deda bars as used by Topsport Flaanderen. Although I might go 3T ergo bars yet.
Defo Di2. Dura Ace if I can afford it. Any cost benefit analysis would say Ultegra, but feck it, I could be dead next week.
Ideally Bora One Ultra 50 mm with tanwall tyres. Clinchers, as tubulars are a pain.
My wheel preference was originally FFWD F6R, but the new full carbon versions are all dark label. These wheels need a bit of colour. And a lot of the FFWD wheels have that awful silver brake track around the rim, like Mavics.

Still not sure about Campag wheels with a Shimano drivetrain. I have visions of arriving at a cafe in Rapha gear for the obligatory espresso, and suddenly everyone goes quiet and the jukebox stops.

Raam

tunney wrote: »

I heard he is talking about doing a triathlon.

Over my dead, drowned body.