Mechanical Vs Electronic Groupsets | Which Is Lighter?

Clock00:00, Sunday 13th January 2019

Are you considering buying a mechanical or electronic groupset? In this video, we are going to weigh all the bits of some Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo groupsets to see the differences.

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We are using Shimano Ultegra as this is more common than Dura-Ace, but the same differences roughly apply. We also wanted to include SRAM so poached SRAM Red Mechanical and eTap off a couple of Si’s bikes. Jon also managed to get his grubby hands on Campagnolo Super Record. Santa was very generous this year!

Groupset weights
Ultegra
Chainset 52/36 172.5mm - 693g
Cassette 11-28 - 11/28
Brake - single mount - 361g
Chain 116links - 263g
Brake Cables and outers (uncut) - 142g
Shifters Mechanical - 415g
Di2 - 301g
Front Derailleur mechanical - 90g
Front Derailleur di2 - 129g
Rear derailleur mechanical - 207g
Rear derailleur di2 - 239g
Mechanical Cables, ferrels, ends - 84g
Di2 Battery, cables, junction box etc - 128g

SRAM
Chainset - 663g
Cassette - 166g
Brakes - 261g
Chain - 250g
Brake Cables/Housings - 135g
Shifters Mechanical - 302g
Shifters Etap - 261g
Derailleur Front mechanical - 75g
Derailleur front Etap - 164g
Derailleur Rear Mechanical - 146g
Derailleur Rear Etap - 239g
Gear cables, and bits, outers - 78g

CAMPAG EPS 11SPEED
Chainset 53/39 172.5mm - 632G
Cassette 11-27 - 222g
Brake - single mount - 316g
Chain - 241g
Brake Cables and outers (uncut) - 141g
Shifters - 279g
Front Derailleur - 131g
Rear derailleur - 197g
Battery, cables, junction box etc - 157g

CAMPAG 12 SPEED
Chainset 53/39 172.5mm - 639G
Cassette 12 speed - 270g
Brake - single mount - 316g
Chain - 230g
Brake Cables and outers (uncut) - 141g
Shifters - 342g
Front Derailleur - 78g
Rear derailleur - 185g
Battery, cables, junction box etc - 98g

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