What if Idid this s40

Bikenutjay

Bikenutjay

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Ok I have a question?
Has anyone built the s 40 with
Campy carbon
I have an old road bike and I am looking at swapping the 700 mavic open pro wheels and group set to a new bike (S 40 ) I do know I will need a new bottom bracket and some new cables for some of the build.
Does the S 40 have holes to use rim breaks
Thanks

I phones really suck when you post from them , words change , spell check , can’t see everything on the screen had to edit this morning. Posted from work yesterday
 
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Frito Bandito

Frito Bandito

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Campagnolo makes many kinds of BBs, so you should be able to use what you have. Just make sure the specs on your old bike's BB is the same as the S40. If it is, then you can use the cups for the S40. If it isn't the same then you'll have to buy new BB cups for the S40 while making sure the cranks fit the cups, and are the right width.
 
Bikenutjay

Bikenutjay

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The bottom bracket I the old bike is Italian.
And S 40 is English
If I can find the cups maybe
I know I can get a track bottom that may work
Thanks Jay
 
Mathew Fy

Mathew Fy

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Bikenutjay said:
Ok I have a question?
Has anyone built the s 40 with
Campy carbon
I have an old road bike and I am looking at swapping the 700 mavic open pro wheels and group set to a new bike (S 40 ) I do know I will need a new bottom bracket and some new cables for some of the build.
Does the S 40 have hold to use rim breaks
Thanks
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You'll just need a bottom bracket to fit the S40's 68mm English thread.
Rim brakes will fit.
 
chicorider

chicorider

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I've thought about Campy on a CB before. The only detail that hangs me up is the shift lever that sticks out from the side of the lever hood. It would work fine in terms of function, but it might require a lot of hand movements to use that thumb lever. The typical hand position on a CB is the handlebar "drops," and with SRAM and Shimano shifters, the levers are right there at finger's reach. The hands don't have to move to shift gears. I don't know if this would be an actual difficulty or not, but it might something to consider.
 
Frito Bandito

Frito Bandito

Zen MBB Master
I had Campagnolo Chorus brifters on my road bike, and I liked the thumb shifter, but you might be right about the location of the thumb lever probably being a bit out of reach on a recumbent if you are holding on to the drops. If you hang on to the brifters usually then it should be fine. I just pulled 1 of them out of my parts bin and forgot just how good Campy brifters feel.
 
jond

jond

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Bikenutjay said:
I just can't sell the bike with the group set
It's just tooo nice
Jay
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so keep it. N plus 1 right. So long as you actually ride every bike a little every year ;)

second hand bikes are great for the buyer only.

let it be your comparison bike and enable the s40 with a groupset of modesty perhaps if funds are an issue? Fit disc brakes if possible.
 
benphyr

benphyr

Guru-me-not
chicorider said:
The only detail that hangs me up is the shift lever that sticks out from the side of the lever hood.
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What about if you rotate the bar down so that the orientation is more horizontal like on the diamond frame and grip at the “curve”. That might get you drops-finger and under-hood-thumb especially with a flared bar and one that is flat under the curve like the genetic digest.
 
Bikenutjay

Bikenutjay

Active Member
It is possible to adjust the bars so the shifter button is reached from the drops .
Just a problem to figure out , different bars Like buck horn when some use bar end shifters

I have a Rans LWB V 2 formula 26 that I built up with XTR and a carbon flat bar
Just hated the look of the chopper bars from Rans
 
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Bikenutjay

Bikenutjay

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Does anyone know if a 1600 mm cable is lone enough for the back break on a Silvio ?
Just trying to get the parts list together.

Thanks Jay
 
kling

kling

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Bikenutjay said:
Does anyone know if a 1600 mm cable is lone enough for the back break on a Silvio ?
Just trying to get the parts list together.

Thanks Jay
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Hi Jay,
I measured the brake cable, (S40 2020), you’ll need a longer cable ~2000mm.

Regards
Kendrick
 
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