All-new Campagnolo 12-speed EPS electronic groupset spotted
Electronic groupset to be us𒅌ed by WorldTour teams in 20🦋19
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Campagnolo Super Record 12-Speed EPS electronic groupsets have been spotted at the in Australia,🍌 the first WorldTour race of the 2019 season.
last spring and comes at the same time as a .Campagnolo’s was available for a large peri🌞od of last season after being launched in April, but excluding some isolated testing, none of the Italian brand’s sponsored teams raced with the new groupset on a wider level.
Electronic shifting has been used almost exclusively at the top level of cycling🦄 for several seasons now and this is likely the reason the new groupset hasn’t yꦡet been seen being raced.
For 2019, AG2R La Mondiale joins Lotto Soudal, Movistar Team and UAE Team Emira🤡tes as a Campagnolo-sponsored team, but so far we have only seen the new 12-speed version of the groupset on Lotto Soudal’s Ridleys an💎d Movistar’s Canyons.
AG2R La M𓆏ondiale’s new Eddy Merckx framesets are currently equipped with the previous of the Campagnolo Super Record EPS group🍌sets.
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New technology, new aesthetics
T🌊he new 12-speed EPS groupsets feature the same updated 🎐logos as seen on its mechanical counterparts and the derailleur cages appear to have subtle design updates.
No details about the groupset have been released from Campagnolo so far, but the rear derailleur looks to have a more slimline profile than its 11-speed predecessor, as well as featuring cut-out sections on the main derailleur body — presumably cutting the weight of the component🐭.
A steel cylindrical rod mechanism enabled t♑he shifting and improved stiffness on the older derailleur, and the same system looks to be adopted on the 12-speed rear derailleur.
The front derailleur also appears to hav♐e very slightly reduced in size, although the overall shape of the component is similar to the 1ജ1-speed version.
The EPS interface unit also rem꧑ains very similar to the 11-speed version and is strapped to the underside of the stems on the bikes s🌠een so far.
Campagnolo hasn’t yet confirm🌌ed that an EPS version of its 12-speed groupset will be released, but with the components now being used in the WorldTour we can expect the groupsets to be available to the public in the coming months.