Yes, the current low end Campy groups are junk.
Sheldon Brown wrote:
> At 10:51 AM -0400 5/30/01, Aldo Ross wrote:
> >Please read this ad on eBay:
> >
> >http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> >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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