Campagnolo out of the World Tour

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Originally Posted by Derosid

Thanks so much for the clarification! Part of the confusion bordering on panic was that earlier in the year the Campagnolo website did not display any mechanical/rim options in Super Record, and distributors claimed that option was no longer available.

As a “vintage” cyclist who started racing in the Nuovo Record era, it is heartening to see continued support of mechanical shift/rim brake options in the upper tier groupsets. I couldn’t afford more than a Campy derailleur when I was racing, but got into the Super Record group in the mid ’80’s and have enjoyed the reliability and style ever since. I don’t have a need for electronic shifting and disc brakes on the road, so it is great to see that I can build up a new frame with SR gear today. It is not inexpensive, but never was. But something about the Campy machining (or perhaps mystique) makes it so much more rewarding to me when I build up a frame with Chorus/Record/SR instead of Shimano/SunTour/Simplex (I haven’t tried SRAM).

It does occur to me that Campy might do well to get some incentive program going in the amateur racing categories, similar to what tire and equipment manufactures do in auto and motorcycle racing, just to get some grass-roots awareness of their products in the younger generation.

Totally agree here. The only thing I would love to see is silver options above the Centaur line (if you're going to double down on rim brakes still being a thing, might as well lean into the classic aspects, right?).