Sure, Campy’s new ultra-premium Tremendous File digital groupset is new completely wi-fi – Campagnolo Tremendous File Wi-fi. And people thumb shift levers are gone. However equally massive information could also be the truth that Campy has gone the sub-compact route of SRAM and paired smaller chainrings to a smaller 10T cog out again, for what claims to be improved gear ratio steps with larger vary.
An entire lot has modified in addition to the very apparent lack of wires. Let’s dig into the small print…
Campagnolo Tremendous File Wi-fi digital 2 x 12-speed
For many years Campagnolo has been first to market among the many massive drivetrain behemoths at many street groupset milestones – like 1st 10sp, 11sp & 12sp groupsets… plus 1st 13-speed if we need to embody gravel and ignore Rotor. They even went backwards and forwards with Shimano, then Campy, then SRAM for electrifying 10, 11 & 12sp. However like their delayed adoption of street disc brakes, wi-fi has been a long-time coming.
Apparently sufficient, we just about had a drawing of this new Tremendous File Wi-fi derailleur on our homepage greater than a yr in the past, as Campagnolo was hyped on Ekar success and the wi-fi next-gen of their street racing groupset was a scorching matter within the rumor mill. We’ve been speculating about this gruppo for 3 years now, primarily based on our patent patrol finds.
Now, we’ve received our fingers crossed that it is going to be as stable a efficiency as that late disc braking!
What’s New?
First off, it’s utterly wi-fi. Replaceable batteries in every shifter, completely different rechargeable batteries in every derailleur that may be charged on or off the bike.
There are additionally all-new 2-button fingertip shift controls, wider grip ergonomics, smaller compact crankset gearing that takes benefit of smaller cogs on their N3W freehub, new smaller 12-speed cassettes with 10T smallest cogs, an influence meter-ready carbon crankset choice, and even some upgraded brake pads.
Plus, there’s loads of identified and trusted Campy tech – trendy angular aesthetics mixing Tremendous File and even Ekar heritage, tons of carbon, loads of titanium, machined aluminum & metal, ceramic bearings, the identical 12-speed spacing you have already got (even when Campy doesn’t recommend any mixing-and-matching), and a number of the best-performing disc brakes on the street.
Tech particulars: New Ergopower levers
Let’s begin with the shifters. Gone is the long-running thumb downshift lever and the ‘One Lever, One Motion‘ ethos (and Campy’s applied sciences web page that defined why that was extra intuitive to make use of). As a substitute, you get 2 shift buttons behind the brake lever that look a bit like Di2-style, however with some further spacing in between them and a distinct tactile end on every to make it tougher to by accident hit the fallacious lever.
The brand new levers are mentioned to be straightforward to adapt to, shifting the higher button with the tip of your index finger, and shifting the decrease button together with your center finger. Campagnolo says they moved away from their traditional inside thumb-shifter design to enchantment to a broader pool of cyclists, some who had hassle working the inside shift lever, particularly these with smaller arms.
Trying each from the facet profile and head-on, it’s clear that these new Ergopower hoods are each wider and bigger quantity than earlier generations of File & Tremendous File.
Presumably, that was a aware choice to create a extra snug place to relaxation your arms primarily based on Campy’s first feedback to us, since we’d anticipate electronics to take up much less house inside than mechanical shift internals. However, in comparison with the EPS system – now Campagnolo Tremendous File Wi-fi levers need to pack processing energy, communications {hardware}, and the replaceable CR2032 battery into the identical similar the place there was only a change earlier than.
On the insides of the brand new Ergopower levers, Campagnolo does add a bit extra tech, too.
Up prime is a Mode button that’s designed for use throughout setup and diagnostics. Under is the Energy or Wak-Up button that once more has a principally setup & regulate perform. However Campagnolo has talked about that it’s potential to customise at the least considered one of these buttons on every shifter to manage a related Garmin GPS system.
We requested if it could possibly be configured as a shift button to copy traditional Campy shift dynamics, however Campagnolo managed to not give a definitive reply.
The opposite dot there’s a LED indicator that can flash crimson warning of low battery when there may be <15% cost remaining. Campagnolo says that in common use, riders ought to get 1.5-2 years of battery life out of the non-rechargeable button-cell battery in every shifter.
MyCampy in-app shift customization
In fact, one of many largest advantages to digital – and much more so, wi-fi – shifting is the power to customise its controls. Campy didn’t share a lot in regards to the new performance of the up to date MyCampy app apart from to say which you can customise shift dynamics.
Commonplace manufacturing facility settings do use the thought of the suitable lever controlling the rear derailleur, the left lever controlling the entrance derailleur, prime buttons to a tougher gear, backside buttons to a neater gear. However it’s as much as you.
A few screengrabs from Campagnolo’s Tremendous File Wi-fi presentation recommend some curious combos. That one on the proper appears to be like prefer it may recreate the One Lever, One Motion idea with the suitable levers making gears simpler, and left levers tougher? And the picture on the left appears to be like prefer it may be Goblin Mode, simply push shifters and hope for the perfect.
New battery-powered wi-fi derailleurs
OK, so new wi-fi Ergopowers are key, however they’ve to manage one thing, proper?
Now they speak instantly and independently to 2 new battery-powered wi-fi derailleurs.
The rear derailleur is generally carbon as we’ve seen earlier than from the Tremendous File stage, with its digital motor and detachable battery tucked beneath the parallelogram – simply no extra wired connection.
The entrance derailleur is far the identical with an identical digital motor up prime and a detachable battery on its entrance – no extra wires.
An vital notice right here is that each use completely different batteries, and each have a distinct mechanism to safe the battery in place. This was apparently a direct work round SRAM AXS patents.
The massive innovation right here although, is that
New compact crankset sizes
New smaller 12sp cassettes with 10T cog
Carry-over chain & brakes
Claimed weight – light-weight or ultralight?
Ultimately, Campagnolo Tremendous File Wi-fi claims to successfully weigh the identical because the outgoing wired Tremendous File EPS at 2520g for the whole setup. Campy has not but clarified to us what that features. It’s light-weight, however primarily the identical as the highest Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 or SRAM Crimson AXS teams which have all coalesced round that very same actual 2.5kg weight goal of their newest iterations.
Are you able to rethink Campy shifting? Wi-fi digital shifting is just out there on the Tremendous File stage for now (this yr?), however Campy successfully confirmed that they’re engaged on bringing wi-fi digital shifting to different groupsets, as nicely – an vital shift from the earlier technology of EPS that deserted digital shifting at File & Refrain ranges. Fingers crossed that Ekar Wi-fi might be subsequent!
2023 Campagnolo Tremendous File Wi-fi – Pricing & Availability
Formally the brand new 2023 Campagnolo Tremendous File Wi-fi gruppo goes on sale right this moment for 5200€ for a whole 2×12 wireless-shift, hydraulic sic brake groupset together with your alternative of gearing. Campagnolo assures us that the brand new Tremendous File Wi-fi group is definitely out there beginning right this moment, and there’ll probably be numerous full bike from manufacturers together with Canyon, Pinarello, Specialised, Wilier, and extra which can be out there to order beginning right this moment. However past the excessive pricetag of the brand new group which is able to probably restrict the quantity of people that can afford a brand new Tremendous File Wi-fi setup, Campy says the brand new groupset might be out there in comparatively restricted numbers as manufacturing ramps up absolutely to satisfy demand.
