Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?

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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:21:56 -0400
To: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?


At 10:51 AM -0400 5/30/01, Aldo Ross wrote:
>Please read this ad on eBay:
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>http://ebay.com/<blah>
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>Since when has Campy made anything in Taiwan???

I've heard that many of the front hubs, or at least their axle sets, are from Taiwan, specifically the ones that use a 13 mm cone wrench; Veloce, et. al.

I still remember the shock of the first Veloce group I installed; not just the cheesiness of the front hub, the part that really knocked me over was the nut part of the seatpost clamp, which looked like something from Wald!

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