Campag lay offs.

[georges1]

It’s a shame, but on my real bikes (not the retro show ponies) I want reliable kit that works and sadly Campagnolo stuff commands a premium but doesn’t offer performance to match.

Campy was always way overpriced and kinda finnicky. That is why except one bike that is equipped with CRecord that I am going to restore and sell to a neighbor, all of my other bikes have Dura Ace 7800 and all the other future bike projects will get it too.

 

[vtwinvince]

The most reliable groupset I've ever used is 2005 Campy 10 speed Chorus carbon, I've put thousands of miles on this stuff, and it just keeps working like a Swiss clock.

 

[hamster]

Campy was always way overpriced and kinda finnicky.

I can't say that's my experience with pre-2001 9 speed, it simply never needs adjusting, due to the cable pull being so much bigger than Shimano 9. But we may be talking at cross purposes.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Campagnolo ruled the roost for postwar racing bike componentry into the 1980s.
Many of their top components were eye-wateringly expensive.

I remember one old fella telling me his record derailleur cost over a weeks wages

The transition of expectations of performance, materials, aesthetics, compatibility has changed over the following decades.

Almost all of their aficionados, from racers to leisure riders to collectors, reach a point in this timeline where they stop buying.

I don't personally have any campagnolo of the 21st century, but on the right bike it still has its place -

But that place is still shrinking even now

 

[sjcprojects]