Paul Kopit wrote:
Campy Ergo levers have no return spring in the lever and Shimano
levers are sprung.

Would using a Shimano or other sprung lever with Campy brake arches
make any difference in actual brake function or feel of the brakes?
My preference is to have very solid feeling brakes.

Right now, I'm using Cane Creek SRC 5 brake levers with DA 7403 brakes
and I want to sell those and switch to Campy Chorus, front and rear,
dual pivot brakes. The 7403s look and work great but they are worth
more to others than I. The preference for Campy in this case is
subjective only.

If you keep your cables and housing clean and friction-free, you should have
nothing to worry about. If anything, having an unsprung lever will increase
your ease of braking. I keep my MTB caliper spring tension just to the
point where the brakes will fully retract, and this allows fine-tuned
modulation.

Beginner riders will want to feel smooth, yet firm-to-pull brake levers on a
new bike because they "feel" stronger when in fact they are directly
reversing the forces they really want.
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training