I agree with John.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> K. A. Thomas wrote:
>
>> I have heard from many a LBS that Campy stopped making these as a
>> "kit" years ago. Can anyone shed some light on when this died out and at
>> what price level. I was shocked lately to find that the BB
>> tapping/facing tool in the kit now "retails" for almost $1K!
>> Do you all think that they died out due to price, or thin interest
>> and sales? Inquiring minds want to know!
>
> I'm not sure when Campy stopped producing the tool cases, but I suspect
> the reason had something to do with the fact that many of the tools were
> quite specialized and only suitable for work on frames with "vintage"
> tubing sizes and materials -- e.g. steel 1-1/4" head tubs, 1" steer
> tubes, etc.
>
> Campy never seemed in too much hurry to update the toolkit even when it
> was still in production. When I bought mine in 1984 (directly from Campy
> in Italy), it still included the archaic Regina two-prong freewheel
> remover (with a special, separate adapter for those new-fangled 13T
> freewheels that came on the market in the mid 70s) despite the fact that
> Campy's own freewheel had been on the market for a couple years already.
>
> The mid 1980s were a time of rapid change in the bicycle industry: think
> oversize and/or non-ferrous frames, clipless pedals, indexed shifting,
> etc. Campy may have decided that it simply wasn't worth the bother of
> chasing down all these new ideas with new tools and let the tool case
> die a quiet death.
>
> --
> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA