Re: [CR]Broken Retro Crank Website

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:17:48 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Broken Retro Crank Website
References: <8.13002911.2807d596@aol.com>


GandJFahey@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/12/01 3:19:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> monkey37@bluemarble.net writes:
>
> << Campy wasn't worried about lawsuits. They were worried they may be
> thought of as other than perfect. It's the same attitude that caused them
> to go from the biggest to smallest component manufacturer with in three
> years. >>
>
> It what years were Campy ever the biggest? Even when Campy was the most
> common component in racing circles, wasn't SunTour still the biggest
> component manufacturer at that time? SunTour was on almost everything from
> nice touring bikes to low end "sport" bikes. Was Campy still bigger at that
> time?

For many, many years Simplex made the _vast_ majority of the derailleurs!

Chuck Schmidt