Anonymous
10/31/2025, 10:28:40 PM
No.2057555
>>2057524
I have a normal ekar and don't know if they changed any of my complaints on the GT aside from the rattle issue that some of the old normal ekar cassettes had. The brakes are great and it's generally speaking a lot of fun to ride because like other campy mech groups the shifting has more feedback than shimano or sram. The big problem I have with it is that the shifting performance just sucks. Sometimes it has the smoothest gear changes ever and on another day it shifts like ass without changing anything not to mention that its an absolute bitch to index this thing. What I noticed is that the thumb shifter always works but the other is like not really indexed and you can change a little more than a gear if you move it too far and the derailleur just stays there and you have to shift with the thumb shifter again to actually get into the gear 100%. You get used to that but that's not something you want to deal with in a race or something. Today I would probably get a Rival XPLR 13speed with that money but back when I bought it it was the best option. I'd definitely test it before purchasing the ekar gt.
I have a normal ekar and don't know if they changed any of my complaints on the GT aside from the rattle issue that some of the old normal ekar cassettes had. The brakes are great and it's generally speaking a lot of fun to ride because like other campy mech groups the shifting has more feedback than shimano or sram. The big problem I have with it is that the shifting performance just sucks. Sometimes it has the smoothest gear changes ever and on another day it shifts like ass without changing anything not to mention that its an absolute bitch to index this thing. What I noticed is that the thumb shifter always works but the other is like not really indexed and you can change a little more than a gear if you move it too far and the derailleur just stays there and you have to shift with the thumb shifter again to actually get into the gear 100%. You get used to that but that's not something you want to deal with in a race or something. Today I would probably get a Rival XPLR 13speed with that money but back when I bought it it was the best option. I'd definitely test it before purchasing the ekar gt.