Super Record S is Campagnolo’s latest wireless road groupset. The Italian company says the ‘S’ signifies a special edition of the Super Record model, but more realistically it sits a rung below the Super Record WRL groupset, being slightly heavier and around $2,000 cheaper than Campagnolo’s best of the best. This was a position traditionally held by the Record groupset.
Campagnolo says more restrained use of premium materials (less titanium, more steel) and a change in crankset construction (solid not hollow) is responsible for both the 150g weight increase and the drop in price. Its claimed 2,670g weight puts it somewhere between Shimano and Sram’s top and second-tier groupsets, which sit around 2,550g and 2,850g respectively.
Super Record S isn’t an exhaustive exercise in scaling back, however. It offers some features that may boost its value beyond its WRL bigger sibling, even aside from the less astronomical cost. One is superficial: its matt black finish hides the liberal use of carbon fibre, which if left exposed tends to foster polarised responses.
The second is more practical: Super Record S offers a broader choice in gearing. Campagnolo says WRL’s limited chainring and cassette options are because that groupset is aimed at racers, whereas S targets a wider audience. As such, S has twice as many options for chainring pairings, offering six from 45/29t up to 54/39t, and adds a wider-range 11-32t cassette to the 10-27t and 10-29t options ported over from WRL.
$9,220.17 ($7,120.04 without power meter), Campagnolo Super Record S groupset.
