Re: [CR]Zeus and Campy: The Rumor

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Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 21:58:47 -0600
From: "Mitch Harris" <mitch.harris@gmail.com>
To: "brad stockwell" <brdstockwell@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Zeus and Campy: The Rumor
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On 10/4/07, brad stockwell <brdstockwell@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> After joining thia list circa March of 2000, I was told this story about Zeus history:
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> Campy built a factory for themselves in Spain in the 30's; in '36 General Franco took over the country and also commandeered this factory which was subsequently inhabited by Zeus -- and out of this the similarity of Zeus parts and Campy parts was born.
> The 100%-Spanish-stem-to-stern orientation of Zeus also derived from the >nationalistic enthusiasm of the new government -- and this lead to copying of >foreign designs for local production.

Ok, so the Campagnolo connection is not real based on subsequent posts in this thread. But should the "100%-Spanish-stem-to-stern orientation of Zeus" still be attributed to Franco nationalism? Holy Homage to Catalonia, Batman.

Mitch Harris
Little Rock Canyon, UT