Re: [CR]History of Campy Record

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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:02:56 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]History of Campy Record
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d-gordon@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> Hello list:
> I have spent the last couple days searching Google for a website that
> shows the breakdown of the history of Campy components, without much luck.
> I did find a few good classic bike sites with sporatic and basically
> scattered information on what they seem to like, but nothing that even
> resembles something comprehensive or even basically shows the Campy Record
> changes over the years. Campy has made so many changes from the 80s to
> present, its hard to keep track and some parts of other lines look similar,
> etc. I just thought I would ask anyone here if there is such a website.
> Nowadays, with everything being on the web, I was almost surprised to not
> find what I was looking for this time. I'm sure a lot of CL members have
> this info in their heads. Especially a bike shop owner who sold all the
> lines.
> On the bright side, I found some really good sites where some people
> scanned in Campy parts breakdowns on various lines, but like I said, their
> coverage is very sketchy. I would like to read about the years that Campy
> changed from 5-to-6-to-7-8-9 and 10 speed, and when they exactly did it and
> if there are any rare Campy Record lines that only existed for a very short
> time. I have seen a bunch of weird stuff on eBay and I don't believe some
> of the descriptions, and it appears that they often aren't sure. More time
> than not, I think that they may be trying to pass something off as 'Record'
> when its some other similar cheaper line. On the other hand,it could be a
> rare edition. Did Campy every put out a history book that shows their
> lines, year by year? That would be nice to have and take care of my desire.
> I saw a Schwinn history book go on eBay for about $120 last week, that was
> kind of nice, but I didn't buy it because I am not really into old Schwinns
> enough to pay that money. But a nice Campy book, that would be different. I
> hope someone can email me regarding answering any of my above questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Dave Gordon
> Los Angeles

Hi Dave,

I'm sure if you've googled for the history of Campagnolo components you have already come across my Campagnolo Timeline. It starts at Tullio Campagnolo's birth in 1901 and ends at the introduction of C-Record in 1985. If I'm reading your post correctly you are only interested in C-Record and Record Ergo components. These parts came after Tullio's death and I consider them modern and current.

I don't cover C-Record and Record Ergo in my Timeline because I feel that info is recent and easily obtainable to anyone with even a passing interest. It is very easy to get all the Campagnolo catalogs after the 1984 Catalog #18 on eBay as they come up all the time for very resonable prices.

Also anything post 1984 (clicking/indexing) is outside the CR list area of study or discussion other than KOF (Keepers of the Flame).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (Timelines, Catalog reprints & T-shirts)

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