[CR]Re: Campy dropouts: Italian vs Taiwan

John et al, could you please say something about the aesthetic differences between the Campagnolo Italian and Taiwan dropouts??

http://www.velostuf.com/campy1010bitaly.jpg http://www.velostuf.com/campy1010btaiwan.jpg

Is there anything other than the embossing, which I do see looks quite different? I don't have a great comparative eye, so some pointers would be educational.

Thanks, Peter

============================================ Peter Brueggeman La Jolla California USA pbrueggeman(AT)ucsd.edu

Robert D. Dayton,Jr. wrote:
> There was a period when Campagnolo dropouts had quality issues.
> I know of a couple builders that would try to steer customers away from
> Campagnolo dropouts in the mid to late 80's.
> I have some where the embossing is just terrible.
> You can harldy make out the name.

In the mid-late 80s Campy changed from making the dropouts in Italy to Taiwan. The early Taiwan production was not pretty.

John Baron has some pics so you can compare them:

http://www.velostuf.com/campy1010bitaly.jpg http://www.velostuf.com/campy1010btaiwan.jpg http://www.velostuf.com/velostufgalleryframebuildingmaterials.htm

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA