Campagnolo Super Record Wireless is the Italian brand's latest electronic groupset, and we've got our hands on one of the few examples out in the wild.
We've kicked off our testing by weighing each component and working out the total system weight.
Watch our video below, where we weigh each component, and read on for our conclusions and comparison with Shimano and SRAM’s top-spec groupsets. You can also read our Super Record Wireless first ride review.
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless: nine things to know
Here’s a run-down of the new Campagnolo Super Record Wireless 12-speed groupset's key features. There’s more detail on all the components and their variants in our Campagnolo Super Record Wireless groupset launch story.
- Completely wireless operation with shifters, and front and rear derailleurs, powered by separate batteries.
- Derailleur batteries have different designs front to rear and are not swappable.
- Campagnolo claims faster shifting speeds than the older Super Record EPS wired electronic groupset.
- Shifters have two paddles behind the brake levers and Campagnolo has retired the thumb lever.
- Cassettes start at 10 teeth rather than 11, with the maximum largest sprocket 29 teeth.
- Can use the derailleurs and cassette with the older 12-speed Campagnolo chainsets, as many of AG2R-Citroen’s pros have done.
- No rim brake option.
- At £4,499/$5,399/€5,200, the most expensive complete groupset available to purchase.
- No power meter – yet.
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless groupset component weights
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless rear derailleur weight
There’s one rear derailleur, which works with all three cassettes available. As you’d expect, Campagnolo has used its highest-spec materials here, with a design that uses 'technopolymer' and carbon fibre. Like Shimano, Campagnolo's road bike derailleurs don't include a clutch (all of SRAM's modern derailleurs do).
Campagnolo says the derailleur should work with cassettes with up to a 32-tooth largest sprocket, so there is scope for lower gearing than the configurations available at launch.
- Actual weight: 256g (without battery)
- Actual weight: 296g (with battery)
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless front derailleur weight
The front derailleur can handle a 16-tooth difference between chainring sizes – that's larger than SRAM Red AXS, where chainring sizes differ by 13 teeth, but similar to Shimano Dura-Ace.
The design of the front derailleur has been updated to accommodate a tyre up to 34mm wide without interference.
To our eyes, the front derailleur looks quite chunky, particularly compared to the latest Dura-Ace housing, and this could have aerodynamic implications. The carbon fibre cage does look flashy though.
- Actual weight: 125g (without battery)
- Actual weight: 159g (with battery)
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless batteries weight
The Super Record Wireless batteries are removable and they can either be charged on the derailleurs or taken off and charged elsewhere, via a magnetic charging port.
That’s different from SRAM, where the batteries have to be charged off the bike in a separate charging cradle, and Shimano, where the central battery is usually recharged on the bike, because it’s buried in the frame.
Unlike SRAM, Campagnolo uses a different battery for each derailleur.
- Front battery actual weight: 34g
- Rear battery actual weight: 39g
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless shifters (pair) weight
This is the one component that's sure to make Campagnolo purists wince – the shifters have lost the thumb buttons.
These had been a feature of Campagnolo’s groupsets ever since it first integrated them into the brake levers.
The new hood shape is designed to offer extra grip and cushioning. The bump that used to fall where you usually grip the lever has also been removed.
As with SRAM and Shimano, if you don’t like how the shift buttons are configured, you can change this, using the My Campy 3.0 app.
- Actual weight: 241g (right), 263g (left)
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless brake calipers weight
The flat mount brake calipers have had some cosmetic changes, but use the same internals as the older Super Record EPS.
They use a new (DB410) that Campagnolo says is 30 per cent lighter than its older pad, saving around 12g. The bolts for the calipers weigh 20g in total, front and rear.
- Actual weight: 130g
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless brake rotors weight
The rotors are another part that’s carried over from the older groupset – we have the 140mm and 160mm pieces.
A small amount of play is built into the carriers of the floating rotors. Campagnolo says this enables the brake to better absorb heat because it enables the braking surface to expand more easily.
- Actual weight: 99g (140mm), 121g (160mm)
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless cassette (10-29t) weight
The machined steel cassette is available in three sizes: 10-25t, 10-27t and 10-29t.
The five largest sprockets come as a single cluster and the rest are individual sprockets, in contrast to the Red cassette, which is machined in one piece and the Dura-Ace, which includes five titanium larger sprockets in the 11-30t and six in the 11-34t cassettes.
- Actual weight: 229g (10-29t, with lockring)
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless crankset weight
The Super Record Wireless crankset has a four-arm one-piece carbon spider and crank arms. These are mated with a titanium axle.
Its chainrings have shrunk – we have a 48/32t, but there are also 50/34t and 45/29t options.
Campagnolo says it may introduce larger chainring options for the pros in future. Another feature we reckon is coming is a power meter – there’s a nice, covered recess in the back of the cranks that looks purpose-built to add one, although Campagnolo is saying nothing.
The bolt circle diameter is 121/88mm and there is a 45.8mm chainline. The cranks are available in 165, 170, 172.5 and 175mm lengths, with a Q-Factor of 147.5mm, a 3mm increase from the older crankset to accommodate the ever-widening tyres on modern bikes.
We have 172.5mm cranks with 48/32t rings, which weigh 630g in total.
- Actual weight: 436g (right side), 194g (left side), 630g (total)
Campagnolo Super Record Wireless chain weight
The 12-speed chain is similar to Campagnolo’s older chains, although it now features a quick-link rather than needing to peen a joining pin to link up the two sides.
- Actual weight: 225g
Complete groupset weights and prices
Comparing the total weight of a Super Record Wireless groupset to SRAM Red AXS and Shimano Dura-Ace gives the following totals:
- Super Record: 2,518g
- SRAM Red AXS: 2,518g
- Shimano Dura-Ace: 2,514g
Although these all have slightly different spec configurations, they’re remarkably similar – there’s little separating the groupsets weight-wise.
Even though both SRAM Red AXS (£3,400) and Shimano Dura-Ace (£3,600) are expensive, they can save you a fair chunk of cash over the £4,500 price of Campagnolo Super Record Wireless.
Read our comparison of the three groupsets for a more in-depth analysis of their similarities and differences.
