Campagnolo’s Super Record Wireless groupset sees many updates versus the outgoing 12-speed Super Record EPS. However, the most significant, and controversial, is the loss of the iconic thumb shifter.
Prior to Super Record Wireless, Campagnolo had stuck steadfastly to the same shifting arrangement since the end of the down-tube shifting era.
The shifter paddle, located behind the brake lever, shifted into a larger cassette cog or the big chainring. The thumb shifter on the inside of the lever body shifted into a smaller cassette cog or small chainring.
Because the two buttons were distinct, it was impossible to confuse their function.
The thumb shifter was also a glorious thing to use, its satisfying ‘ker-clunk’ sound unmistakable, even on Campagnolo’s electronic groupsets . More on the launch of Campagnolo Super Record Wireless
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Read Oscar’s Campagnolo Super Record Wireless first ride review Check out these bikes with Campagnolo’s new Super Record Wireless groupset So, what’s changed? There are two buttons, one on top of the other. Oscar Huckle / Our Media Super Record Wireless changes things completely.The shift logic is similar to Shimano Di2, with two buttons on the paddle separated vertically, rather than overlaying one another.The upper button on the right shifter shifts the rear derailleur into an easier gear and the low button into a harder gear. The left shifter works in the opposite manner, so the upper button shifts you into the big chainring and the lower button a […]
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