I have campy 1x 11s on my Lynskey. I've never done 12s anything though.
Campy cranks are heavy but pretty and their BBs are meh. You could use another brand just fine if the gearing works better. I'm using an 11s shimano cassette, but I dunno if 12 speed stuff is cross compatible. Campy derailleurs have a bigger capacity than they let on. I'm running 11-34 with no problems..
You will become an expert at regular drivetrain cleaning if you play in the dirt. The last several years of Campy derailleur pulley design is especially susceptible to dirt contamination, including the new 12s. My older Record 1x10 does much better with dirt build up than my 2x11 Athena. The 10s has solid and smooth pulleys. The 11s has holes and peaks between them that is a dirt magnet. Sometimes the contamination gets so bad to where I've had to pull over and grab a stick to dislodge muck from the pulleys because it was causing gear skips.
Would be nice if Campagnolo made a dedicated grav grouppo, but ain't holding my breath. They are strictly a paved road company, and their attempts at getting dirty with MTB and CX were short lived.
Campy cranks are heavy and the BB's are MEH? Campy cranks are relatively light and it's really hard to kill the bearings which are installed on the crank instead of in the BB (the BB are just shells).
As the Bearings are installed on the cranks you have to take that into account when comparing the crank weight to others and add up the Crank and BB together.
If you are considering Campy for Gravel Campy considers that there Embrace technology (wrapping the chain a lot farther around the Cassette than Shimano and SRAM) is effective enough that a clutch is not needed.
I ran Potenza HO in P2A this year and no problems with the chain coming off or Mud.
If you are concerned with mud in the Pulley wheels - put some solid ones on - I minor fraction of the price of a whole group.
The new Chorus 12sp with 48/32 Crank and 11-34 would make a good gravel group.
morrisond wrote: As the Bearings are installed on the cranks you have to take that into account when comparing the crank weight to others and add up the Crank and BB together.
Yes this ^^^^^^
IMO the original 10 speed tapered BB's were meh to awful (again, my experience) but the subsequent generations have been awesome. No creaks nor replacement on two road bikes which have combined for well over 20k miles of road riding.
I'm curious to see how durable the 11 and 12 speed rear shifters are. The 10 speed rear shifter (IMO) needs rebuilding all too often. I also ride Shimano and SRAM and while the rear shifters show signs of wear they just go and go. For the record, I average about 10k miles a year across several bikes and do pamper my gear.
I currently have a Campy 10 speed set up... retro-fitting on a new, gorgeous Moots ti frameset
the 2020 project will be to go Campy 12 speed. Does anyone out there do this?
Any special tips?
and advice appreciated!
Yes, I’m thinking seriously about this as well. Currently I’m looking at using an Easton crank though, because I already have one, and it is super light and it can go from 1x to 2x. An 11-34 with a 47-32 on the front sounds pretty good. With a full Campy drivetrain you could use a Chorus crank and the 48-32, I think it is?
That schematic of their new monoblock cassette is 10-42t. This is strongly suggesting that 1x and possibly a clutch der is in development as well.
I'm not popping the Limoncello quite yet but this is a BIG-BIG tease from the C!
Davide Campagnolo is in the process of taking the top spot as his dad moves to retire. Davide has been running Fulcrum wheels, and is very keen on being highly responsive to new developments in the bike world. If they produced such parts my one hand would probably reach for my credit card while the other pushed ‘purchase’ buttons for the parts on an online shop before I was even aware of it!
