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July 16, 2007--Official news about the 2008 lineup.
Highlights:
Completely redefined front derailleur for the Record and Chorus groupsets. The Centaur groupset gets a carbon fibre crankset option. The Shamal Ultra wheel comes with an additional finish: Titanium.
Details:
New Record and Chorus front derailleurs
The Record and Chorus front derailleurs have been completely redesigned. The new 2008 range versions have a standardized fork, compatible both with standard and compact cranksets, and new body and inner plate designs which provide a marked improvement in shifting performance.
Front derailleur body: The new body has been designed to embrace the two plates, the inner one and the front one. As a result the system is much more rigid and produces higher shifting performance, especially when shifting up with force from the smallest sprocket to the largest, i.e. at the most critical moment.
Front derailleur fork: the new fork design was developed to function perfectly with both standard and CT Campagnolo cranksets. The new fork retains the front part of the previous CT front derailleur, in other words the part that couples the chain at the moment of shifting towards the largest sprocket. But the rest of the fork is new. The curving and height of the fork are the fruit of laboratory testing which made it possible to establish a perfectly effective form in the case of both standard and compact sprockets.
Front derailleur inner plate: the new inner plate is overturned and pulled back compared with the previous one. This solution improves chain thrust when shifting towards the largest sprocket. Now the point at which the plate pushes on the front derailleur is in the middle part of the fork and no longer at the front. The result is a greater force applied to the fork and an increase in the rigidity of the whole.
Centaur, Veloce and Mirage front derailleurs
The front derailleurs of the Centaur, Veloce and Mirage groupsets adopt the new standardized fork for Standard and Compact cranksets.
Centaur Carbon crankset
The Centaur groupset will have an Ultra-Torque Carbon crankset option. The Centaur groupset, which with its technology and technical solutions is in no way inferior to competition groupsets, offers the Ultra-Torque carbon fibre crankset option in the 2008 range. Campagnolo therefore continues the march begun last year to bring the distinctive technological pluses of its top range to the middle range too: Ultra-Torque crankset, Skeleton brakes and carbon fibre. All of this, obviously, at a more reasonable price.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Cranks: multidirectional carbon fibre with unidirectional carbon fibre structure
Sprockets: aluminium
Screws: steel
Toothing: 53/39 – 50/34
Lengths: 170 – 172.5 - 175
Weight: 756 grams
Shamal Ultra wheel with new Titanium finish
Last year Campagnolo introduced a new top range wheel, the Shamal Ultra, which placed itself at the top of the Campagnolo aluminium wheel range. Just as with the first Shamal, the Shamal Ultra has been made with the best technologies and the finest materials. Shamal Ultra was conceived as a multipurpose wheel, effective in every situation, and all this excellence would have to be recognizable at first sight - which is why Campagnolo chose the gold colour for its debut year.
Shamal Ultra was one of the most successful products in 2007 and so Campagnolo decided to offer it in two colour versions for the next season: Gold and the new Titanium. A sober and elegant colour, which sticks out from the crowd and perfectly matches different frame colours. Shamal rims have a differentiated section: 26 mm for the front rim and 30 for the rear. This solution is currently the one which offers the maximum result in terms of performance and reliability. This is because we have a light and very steerable wheel at the front and a rigid and reactive wheel at the rear. The rims are lightened between the spoke insertion zones, namely in that section of the rim where you can reduce the thicknesses without compromising the solidity of the structure. The top bridge of the rims has no holes, and this translates into greater torsional rigidity and vertical elasticity for the wheel. The rear rim is drilled asymmetrically to obtain an improved wheel dish and a more correct distribution of stresses. Dynamic wheel balancing is assured by special milling in the section opposite the joint to balance the mass of the joint during wheel rotation.
The variable-section aluminium aero spokes are distributed radially on the front wheel and with Campagnolo's G3 geometry on the rear. Their tensioning is assured by aluminium nipples which lighten the system and simplify maintenance operations.
The hubs feature a carbon fibre central body and aluminium flanges with special machining to lighten them. There is an oversize aluminium axle and rotation is entrusted to adjustable bearings with 15 balls, also available optionally in ceramic. The rear hub has an oversize righthand flange to increase torsional rigidity and therefore transfer of the drive torque. Shamal Ultra wheels adopt a freewheel body which integrates the pawl carrier presented by Campagnolo last September.
The quick releases have a forged aluminium handle and two anchoring points for even
distribution of the operating force.
Shamal Ultra is compatible with Campagnolo and HG drivetrains and is available in clincher
and tubular versions.
Weight: 1,395 grams.
Photos:
http://www.procycling.be/?page=nieuws&nieuwsID=595
Highlights:
Completely redefined front derailleur for the Record and Chorus groupsets. The Centaur groupset gets a carbon fibre crankset option. The Shamal Ultra wheel comes with an additional finish: Titanium.
Details:
New Record and Chorus front derailleurs
The Record and Chorus front derailleurs have been completely redesigned. The new 2008 range versions have a standardized fork, compatible both with standard and compact cranksets, and new body and inner plate designs which provide a marked improvement in shifting performance.
Front derailleur body: The new body has been designed to embrace the two plates, the inner one and the front one. As a result the system is much more rigid and produces higher shifting performance, especially when shifting up with force from the smallest sprocket to the largest, i.e. at the most critical moment.
Front derailleur fork: the new fork design was developed to function perfectly with both standard and CT Campagnolo cranksets. The new fork retains the front part of the previous CT front derailleur, in other words the part that couples the chain at the moment of shifting towards the largest sprocket. But the rest of the fork is new. The curving and height of the fork are the fruit of laboratory testing which made it possible to establish a perfectly effective form in the case of both standard and compact sprockets.
Front derailleur inner plate: the new inner plate is overturned and pulled back compared with the previous one. This solution improves chain thrust when shifting towards the largest sprocket. Now the point at which the plate pushes on the front derailleur is in the middle part of the fork and no longer at the front. The result is a greater force applied to the fork and an increase in the rigidity of the whole.
Centaur, Veloce and Mirage front derailleurs
The front derailleurs of the Centaur, Veloce and Mirage groupsets adopt the new standardized fork for Standard and Compact cranksets.
Centaur Carbon crankset
The Centaur groupset will have an Ultra-Torque Carbon crankset option. The Centaur groupset, which with its technology and technical solutions is in no way inferior to competition groupsets, offers the Ultra-Torque carbon fibre crankset option in the 2008 range. Campagnolo therefore continues the march begun last year to bring the distinctive technological pluses of its top range to the middle range too: Ultra-Torque crankset, Skeleton brakes and carbon fibre. All of this, obviously, at a more reasonable price.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Cranks: multidirectional carbon fibre with unidirectional carbon fibre structure
Sprockets: aluminium
Screws: steel
Toothing: 53/39 – 50/34
Lengths: 170 – 172.5 - 175
Weight: 756 grams
Shamal Ultra wheel with new Titanium finish
Last year Campagnolo introduced a new top range wheel, the Shamal Ultra, which placed itself at the top of the Campagnolo aluminium wheel range. Just as with the first Shamal, the Shamal Ultra has been made with the best technologies and the finest materials. Shamal Ultra was conceived as a multipurpose wheel, effective in every situation, and all this excellence would have to be recognizable at first sight - which is why Campagnolo chose the gold colour for its debut year.
Shamal Ultra was one of the most successful products in 2007 and so Campagnolo decided to offer it in two colour versions for the next season: Gold and the new Titanium. A sober and elegant colour, which sticks out from the crowd and perfectly matches different frame colours. Shamal rims have a differentiated section: 26 mm for the front rim and 30 for the rear. This solution is currently the one which offers the maximum result in terms of performance and reliability. This is because we have a light and very steerable wheel at the front and a rigid and reactive wheel at the rear. The rims are lightened between the spoke insertion zones, namely in that section of the rim where you can reduce the thicknesses without compromising the solidity of the structure. The top bridge of the rims has no holes, and this translates into greater torsional rigidity and vertical elasticity for the wheel. The rear rim is drilled asymmetrically to obtain an improved wheel dish and a more correct distribution of stresses. Dynamic wheel balancing is assured by special milling in the section opposite the joint to balance the mass of the joint during wheel rotation.
The variable-section aluminium aero spokes are distributed radially on the front wheel and with Campagnolo's G3 geometry on the rear. Their tensioning is assured by aluminium nipples which lighten the system and simplify maintenance operations.
The hubs feature a carbon fibre central body and aluminium flanges with special machining to lighten them. There is an oversize aluminium axle and rotation is entrusted to adjustable bearings with 15 balls, also available optionally in ceramic. The rear hub has an oversize righthand flange to increase torsional rigidity and therefore transfer of the drive torque. Shamal Ultra wheels adopt a freewheel body which integrates the pawl carrier presented by Campagnolo last September.
The quick releases have a forged aluminium handle and two anchoring points for even
distribution of the operating force.
Shamal Ultra is compatible with Campagnolo and HG drivetrains and is available in clincher
and tubular versions.
Weight: 1,395 grams.
Photos:
http://www.procycling.be/?page=nieuws&nieuwsID=595
