Perhaps what we are lamenting is not only the fact that specific old parts like the hoods are no longer being made, though that would be helpful, but also that the current products for the last umteen years have not had the same strength in terms of design appeal. If light is all you are after, someday people will be riding on columns of air. If Campy made current day goods that had a longevity of attractiveness, the older things might not have the same appeal. The older components are more fun to use as well, the younger generation doesn't know that.
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> listmeister-issimo,
> i know you're refering to dust caps here, but this snipped
> text is the root of this thread and others like it; in the 70s
> as well as in the era(s) that followed, no one (i knew) would
> have been caught dead with anything that was recently replaced
> or updated. whether it's calipers, chainrings, seatposts, cinelli
> stems, 5 speed freewheels...folks almost always left the prior
> iteration for dead as soon as the suppliers intro-ed the next
> version. so what happened? these older parts were tossed, or
> sold cheaply, or "languished on the shelves", or are now on
> ebay. it's the natural order of things. why fight it? if
> all this timeline stuff was still mainstream and available,
> who would be reading this?
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct