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Dream build question

  • 17-06-2019 11:23pm
    #1
    outfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭


    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??


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  • #2
    531
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 510 ✭✭✭531


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


  • #3
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    100 %. This is why Fulcrums exist.

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


  • #4
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    If the wheel fits, ride it.


  • #5
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,407 ✭✭✭secman


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


  • #6
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Raam wrote: »
    If the wheel fits, ride it.

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


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  • #7
    Plastik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭Plastik


    daragh_ wrote: »
    It's like we don't even know you man.

    Did you even see his TT bike??


  • #8
    ratracer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭ratracer


    Ah stop, right now!

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


  • #9
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #10
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,855 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Raam wrote: »
    WOAH WOAH WOAH! Let's not go too far here.

    I'm already there :cool:


  • #11
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,152 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


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


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  • #12
    outfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭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.


  • #13
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Plastik wrote: »
    Did you even see his TT bike??

    I heard he is talking about doing a triathlon.


  • #14
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


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

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


  • #15
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


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


  • #16
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭daragh_


    tunney wrote: »
    I heard he is talking about doing a triathlon.

    truly we live in the Darkest Timeline


  • #17
    outfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭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.


  • #18
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    tunney wrote: »
    I heard he is talking about doing a triathlon.

    Over my dead, drowned body.


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