"P.C. Kohler" wrote:
>
> Chuck... Raleigh started featuring Campy Gran Sport components in 1962 in
> their USA catalogues with the Gran Sport (wonder where they got that
> name?!). Was this prior to Schwinn? And did not Raleigh sell a lot more
> lightweights than other manufacturers at this time??? No doubt Campy stuff
> was available to the cognoscenti in the USA well before this, I am just
> wondering when and who started establishing it as "the" component of choice.
>
> Real questions... not assertions!!
Peter, as to your question of who established Campagnolo as "the" component of choice? Well, that would be Campagnolo themselves.
Not sure I know what you mean by "assertions." Sounds like you have a lot of questions you want answers to, so rather than take my word for it, maybe you should look beyond me or beyond Raleigh for the answers.
Cheers,
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California