New Classic Campy Group coming?

[Charles M]

OR,

You could spend a few minutes and handle all of this on your own...

[Blue Jays]

Originally Posted by Charles M

"...a few minutes..."

Just a few!

[dancinkozmo]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

I doubt Mr Campagnolo even knows what 'kickstarter' even is. And even if he did, the 'cost' to retool is huge..

wonder if they still have the old nuovo record/super record production tooling in storage someplace ?

[wallymann]

Originally Posted by Nomadmax

This entire mess started with Shimano Sante.

and modolo before that!

[coreylee]

Originally Posted by Charles M

OR,
You could spend a few minutes and handle all of this on your own...

Thanks for the eye candy!

[wyatt_]

Originally Posted by Charles M

OR,

You could spend a few minutes and handle all of this on your own...

Really nice work Charles. Do you use a polishing wheel to speed up the process?

[dddd]

Check out that empty-looking tub of Mother's!

I think that with carefully-designed cage-plates, and using just a half-step set of chainrings, that a Nuovo Record rear derailer could be made to index a specific wide-range modern cassette (if the right indexing ring were also made up to work with everything).
SRAM's zero-slant CX rear derailer proves the concept at least.

Better yet, the best of the old Rally derailers would be an even better candidate, improving on the Record's ability to accommodate chainring-size difference.

Tweaking the actuation ratio could be done without disturbing the aesthetic, and would of course help improve motion accuracy between the shifter and derailer by minimizing the occurrance and effect of friction and cable/housing elasticity.

[shinomaster]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

i think campy knows exactly what they are doing. their kit is still prominent in pro racing and was on the TDF winning bike. they are paying attention to current trends and released a very competitive, competent gravel group that is getting widespread attention.

as has always been the case, campy wants to focus on the pointy end of the spear. the pro tour bikes, elite gravel racing, state of the art current stuff.

i doubt they want to make a kit that will ultimately be bought by upper middle aged dudes to hang on reenactment bikes that get ridden slowly to donut shops. i also doubt it would realistically sell well because the same (few) guys who really want new campy silver kit will undoubtedly complain about how it looks, no matter how it looks because they think the high water mark for bicycle components happened sometime in the seventies.

(is it positive attitude friday yet )

There is truth to this. the new silver Centaur finish was pretty nice imho, much more elegant than Potenza which looks a bit funny with the sandblasted matte sections. I also hated the dopey black logo's on recent Athena and Veloce cranks. My 10 speed silver Chorus group remains lovely and elegant while still very functional. My almost 20 year old group looks amazing and shifts beatifully imho.

[54ny77]

Everyone was high in the 70's. How else do you explain Scooby Doo and the Pacer?

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

i also doubt it would realistically sell well because the same (few) guys who really want new campy silver kit will undoubtedly complain about how it looks, no matter how it looks because they think the high water mark for bicycle components happened sometime in the seventies.

[shinomaster]

To me bikes were most beautiful in the late 80's early 90's. I didn't grow up admiring SR and never liked the appearance. I think it's what you grow up with that shapes your tastes. I also love early 2000's Aluminum bikes with carbon forks and campy record 10

[Charles M]

Originally Posted by wyatt_

Really nice work Charles. Do you use a polishing wheel to speed up the process?

Yep... Only way to get into the metal enough in a reasonable amount of time...

ALL of that could be done with a dremel, but it would NOT be a few minutes.

[fignon's barber]

Originally Posted by shinomaster

To me bikes were most beautiful in the late 80's early 90's.

This is truth and cannot be debated.