Campag lay offs.
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that's sad, my take is that they tried competing with shimano and sram and i don't think their customer base is that customer, all my road bikes have been campagnolo equipped since 1995, but the last record groupset i bought was the 10 speed that had carbon brake levers and a carbon faceplate on the rear mech, i have moved it from frame to frame up until about 2010. when the cranks went carbon i didn't like it, and why? simple really, you can polish alloy but not carbon, and carbon looks boring. as campagnolo has always had an element of being super shiny bling as well as being almost the purists choice i kind of think that the newer stuff although great quality is arguably simply not on the same par as Dura Ace.
i think if they went back to making high quality alloy record/chorus it would massively appeal to people like me that like modern steel road frames like Colnago or Cinelli. i mean shimano are dropping road caliper rim brakes, if campagnolo did an alloy record or chorus 11 or 12 speed rim brake set up i think that would sell.
i think if they went back to making high quality alloy record/chorus it would massively appeal to people like me that like modern steel road frames like Colnago or Cinelli. i mean shimano are dropping road caliper rim brakes, if campagnolo did an alloy record or chorus 11 or 12 speed rim brake set up i think that would sell.
ChromeChainstay
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looks like it's time for middle east oil money to buy them. they like italians
So sad, tge most iconic brand in the history of cycling by a long way. Many have said before they could concentrate on a different market, high quality alloy forging with replaceable parts, both for retro and modern bikes. They could also do limited runs of many of their classic parts and the woukd sell like hot cakes. I agree. I guess it’s hard for them to leave the racing roots but think they may have to to survive…..
