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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
For 2015, Campagnolo components is discontinuing its Athena EPS drivetrain and will introduce a Chorus EPS group, which sports more carbon and a lower weight compared to the now-defunct Athena EPS, At $3,500, it is still less expensive than Record and Shimano Dura-Ace Di2. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
The Campagnolo Chorus EPS system has a different battery and connectors than Record EPS, making it impossible for riders to mix and match components. The Chorus EPS shifters are nearly all carbon. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS Super Record
The Chorus EPS front derailleur, which puts out 52nm of torque, has a three-dimensionally molded upper and a steel shifting cage. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
The most striking change for 2015 is the new Chorus and Super Record four-arm cranksets, which sport eight chainring bolts. Four bolts per chainring provide back pressure, which better reinforces the big ring to handle those powerful 52nm shifts. The new design, like Shimano's four-arm design, allows one crankset to be compatible with both compact and standard chainrings. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
The rear derailleur has aluminum pivots — Athena EPS had steel — and the upper and lower bodies are made of 3D molded carbon fiber. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
The new Chorus EPS brakes use more steel than aluminum, compared to previous Chorus brakes, in an effort to lower the group's price. Still, the design requires no tools for swapping brake pads, like Record. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
Chorus EPS can use up to an 11-27 cassette and is made of nickel-plated steel. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
The Chorus EPS internal battery requires an external port for the charging plug. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Chorus EPS
On this Pinnarello Dogma, the EPS battery's charging port is located where an external battery would have been mounted. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
Also new for 2015 is a completely redesigned Super Record mechanical group. As you might guess, the Super Record drivetrain carries the highest price of any mechanical group, but will still be comparably priced to the current version of Super Record. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
As with anything that carries the Campagnolo Super Record title, the shift levers use about as much carbon as a new Boeing Airbus. The shift lever internals are all new and are incompatible with any other Campagnolo drivetrain, at least for now. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The new hood shape of the Super Record levers has a dual-durometer rubber to add cushion, but it feels similar to previous Ergo levers. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The new Super Record rear derailleur is, for lack of a better term, a work of art. Nearly every piece of the rear mechanism is carbon or titanium, while the jockey-wheels have ceramic bearings. It weighs 160 grams. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The new front derailleur gets a longer lever arm that closely resembles Shimano's 11-speed derailleurs. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
On a perfectly tuned bike, the new front derailleur (left) uses 45nm of torque when shifting into the big ring. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The Campagnolo Super Record dual pivot brakes remain unchanged, but if you're buying a brand new Super Record group, just splurge and replace everything. Price is no concern at this point. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The Super Record crankset resembles the Chorus crank, but uses a hollow left carbon crank arm compared to Chrorus' solid carbon arm. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The CULT bearing system in the Super Record crankset is a system Campagnolo developed for smoother and more durable bearings that require almost no grease to prevent corrosion. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The Super Record crank uses eight chainring bolts that tighten into the crank spider. This stiffens the crankset when shifting and makes the crank convertible between standard and compact gear ratios. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Gallery: 2015 Campagnolo Super Record
The Super Record cassette has titanium cogs for the six larger gears, and steel cogs for the five higher gears. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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