Re: [CR] Anyone heard of Campione bikes?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:58:37 +0200
From: "Freek Faro" <khun.freek@gmail.com>
To: Alan Paterson <alanpaterson@btconnect.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Anyone heard of Campione bikes?


I think its from Belgium. I don't know anything about it though, except that they seem to be rather low end bikes.

Here is one on kapaza.be: http://www.kapaza.be/Fietsen_en_accessoires/Koersfietsen/24807444/Koersfiets_merk_campione.html

Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands

2010/4/11 Alan Paterson <alanpaterson@btconnect.com>
> Just bought one off ebay, mostly because I want the Sugino single crankset
> for my fixie, but I just picked it up and I'm curious (and Googling hasn't
> revealed a lot..from what I can see, there were companies by that name in
> Canada and Australia, but I can't find much on either). It bears a sticker
> saying it was sold by Briton Racing Bikes, but that's a bit of a dead end
> too.
>
> The bike itself is a bit of a curate's egg. It's lighter than I was
> expecting (tho' not super-light by any means...I'd guess at 531-ish, tho'
> there are no decals to say what tubeset it is). It has the aforementioned
> Sugino crankset, an SR stem and quite nice old-style drops, a Tange Seiki
> Levin headset and Bayless-Wiley BB. Quite nice lugwork too, tho' some of the
> paintwork is a bit crude.
>
> It's all looking a bit sorry for itself, but I have a feeling it might
> respond quite well to a bit of TLC. I'd be interested if anyone knows
> anything abou it/them.
>
> Alan Paterson
> London, UK