Campagnolo: Inventions That Changed Cycling Forever

[@gcn]

What is your favourite Campagnolo innovation? 🧐 Let us know in the comments below! 👇

[@cauldron101]

Lots of envy for your Campagnolo boxes! Beautiful and absolutely collectable!

[@stevewilliams5428]

Campag wears in...Shimano wears out.

[@muhammadyuswarachmadi]

QR FTW

[@shoff535]

The “Giant Corkscrew” and Delta Brakes (when setup right, they do work well… for 1980s tech).

[@ultimobici.]

Don't think Campagnolo invented system wheels (Mavic Cosmic), or electronic gears (Mavic Zap)

[@chiarabaldisseri4976]

My grandad Enrico Piccolo was Campagnolo's first employee and Tullio's right-hand man. He dedicated all his life to the cycling world, was always on a bike or fixing another and watched all tours until the very end of his life. I am so proud of him.

[@gcn]

Wow that is amazing! Do feel a real close connection to the Campy parts? What a family heritage to have 🤯

[@jeremynorth]

This episode is way too short. Campagnolo deserves a full GCN+ film. The company lost its way in the 80's but got back its mojo, producing the most beautiful groupsets in recent years. They had spectacular failures, the most obvious being the Delta brakes but since then their drive trains are superb. My favourite is the Record 10 ultra

[@gcn]

We could chat Italian parts all day long 😂 Watch this space soon! It's a great idea!!!

[@MeFreeBee]

in 2018, after many thousands of gear changes, my 2001 Record shifter stopped working correctly - it still shifted but you couldn't be quite sure which gear you would end up in. In short, it had lost its click. I sent it off to a Campagnolo approved service centre and they serviced it for just over £20. That's brilliant IMHO.

[@gcn]

Now that's what you call good customer service!

[@jareddickinson2441]

I used to work at a shop and Campagnolo were the only shifting components we would replace parts in simply because they made them serviceable and continued to support their older generation components.

[@overcookit1433]

All you have to to is put in new g-springs. It happened to me I had a light accident on a bike - the road was blocked, and by using the pavement I got struck in a bareer with the left 2003 Record carbon Ergopower. Only the day before a race I recognized that this had caused a crack in the Ergopowers body, which would have resulted in a failure during the race. I had only two options. Using my bad wheather bike for the race, or remove the handlebar tape, remove the damaged Ergopower, and use an intact lever body by switching all the shifters parts in the intact lever body. I succeeded, but had a short night. Anyway, it was worth the hassle, as my Giant CFR Expert series was motivation enough, not to forget the Shamal 12-HPW wheelset I used, with Conti Supersonic tires on, at that time 20mm front and rear.

[@bihlygoat]

Bicycle components you can repair instead of just replace - imagine that! Right after I got out of college I tried to “repair” the shifting in my Shimano STI shift/brake lever. What a disaster! Obviously designed to never be disassembled. Since then, I have successfully replaced quite a few parts on my Campy levers. Soooo much simpler in design!

[@dgillies5420]

Campy spares allowed dozens of parts companies to make repairable components just by using "campy compatible" dimensions, and both companies benefitted!

[@bicyclist2]

I hope many more cyclist see this video. I love Campagnolo. I used to have a beautiful lugged steel Bianchi Aloro with Campagnolo Mirage. I bought it new in 96' from a small shop in northern Michigan. When I moved to Ohio in 04' one of the first things I did was buy a new road bike. I bought an Orbea Ultrafoco with Campagnolo Daytona. Both bikes were stolen. I love older 8,9, and 10 speed Campagnolo. But unfortunately I don't own any Campy bikes anymore. I still hope to own a Campy bike again. This is a great video on Campagnolo. Believe it or not ALL the Tour de France winners, until Lance came along, won it on Campagnolo components. I hope to see Campagnolo have more success in the future. Thank you.

[@edernhaushofer2011]

The Campagnolo won all tour the France is a big lie. Many won on Huret or Simplex components. And Simplex did way more to create the derailleur as we know it than Campagnolo, who basically marketed their products well to a anglophone audience. French manufacturers were equiping the whole bike boom, with every brand boasting a better high end deraileur set (Simplex SLJ, Huret Jubilee/Success, ...) than the Nuovo Record, for cheaper, and beautiful looks. Then the japanese took over and their innovation were really just as important as Tullio's company. Italie's contribution to the cycling history is important but overhyped by american campy fans.

[@westydoodle]

I can honestly say that Campagnolo made me love cycling. I have always loved their dedication to quality and innovation.

[@andrewmcalister3462]

3:19 That rod gear looks ground breaking and truly terrifying all at the same time. I'm glad Tullio Campagnolo followed it up with a cable actuated derailleur a few years later. Thanks for the trip through cycling's heritage, Alex.

[@jameslee-pevenhull5087]

Cyclo, Simplex and Osgear had a lever front changer in 1939. :-)

[@dpricketti]

using it is an acquired skill. a rather steep learning process, knew someone who had a frame built to accommodate it. but even once you get used to it it is still awkward

[@PRH123]

Why would undoing your quick release and moving your axle while riding make you nervous? :)

[@PRH123]

Why would undoing your quick release and moving your axle while riding make you nervous :)

[@1RichieRich]

I love Campagnolo ,I still have a bike with 10 speed centaur 2009 shifters and chainset,chorus derailleurs,levers are ultrashift and so is the mechanism ,love the fact you can dump 5 gears at a time on a decent and just feels great but it’s very much for the niche though

[@carlstatham594]

Ultra Shift. The ability to change up to five gears, up or down, instantly. It is still the best mechanical groupset approach by a long way.

[@jbarner13]

The Delta brake. Much maligned, heavy, beautifully shaped and finished, excellently manufactured, difficult to work on and adjust, applicable only to performance bicycles, and in spite of what so often is written about it, can be set up to work quite well, especially when compared with more conventional designs of its time. It is one of those products that epitomizes Campagnolo in the classic era.

[@gcn]

Such beautiful component's aren't they! If you love Italian designs you should check out our documentary on Colnago on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/ColnagoArt

[@matthewlewis2072]

It was a disaster. Hard to work on, heavy, expensive, and poor performing. An engineering desd end.

[@jbarner13]

@@matthewlewis2072 You sound like the man who has never owned one.

[@guytatler9769]

​@@jbarner13As someone who has owned and worked on them they are crap, from an engineering perspective they lose mechanical advantage the more you pull them due to the mechanism inside. It's an inferior system to Shimano's ax brakes which used a metal plate that allowed you to gain more mechanical advantage when you hit the rim. Those had fixed pads though so they're also garbage overall. Also dual pivots were around at the same time as Deltas so it wasn't that good compared to other innovative brake designs either

[@jbarner13]

@@guytatler9769 As I recall, Shimano was the first to market with dual-pivot calipers in 1990, a full six years after the first Delta prototypes were seen in the wild, so they are not truly contemporary, even if they overlapped. There is no question but that the dual-pivot design is superior to the Delta. The design of the various AX brakes goes back at least to the 1940s with the French Bebolux and probably earlier, but there were other variable mechanical advantage brake designs as well--it's not relevant to my comment. One thing that people don't get is that the Delta was engineered to minimize flex internally. If you remove the cover and observe while applying the type of force to the lever that you would during hard braking, you will observe little movement, and thus very little change in mechanical advantage, once the pads hit the rim. I have Deltas on three different bikes and I can say with conviction that, when setup properly, they work just fine. Little of this is germane to my original comment, though. I think the only thing you are disagreeing with is the final point that they can be setup to work just fine, and every time I ride my Sachs, Moulton, or Kilfoy, I prove you wrong.

[@michaeljohl4669]

The most beautiful components were made by Campagnolo in the late 80ies like the C-Record derailleur, crankset and the Delta breaks.they had this soft and smooth curved shapes of polished alloy.

[@davidpala7882]

Campagnolo is still one reason to be proud to be italian

[@gcn]

You've got lots to be proud of! How about Pinarello 👉 gcn.eu/pinarellostory

[@pierrelesage7097]

And Vivaldi, and Verdi, and Puccini.

[@bobwilliamson5574]

Valentino Rossi.

[@PRH123]

Italian machine tools and industrial equipment are quite successful. But those aren’t the kind of things the general public takes notice of.

[@michaeljohl4669]

My favorite Campagnolo technology is ultra-shift. As most people never rode Campagnolo Ultra-shift groupsets, only a few people understand what it is, and what is so nice about it. With electronic shift actuation it is on every bike now, but for mechanic shifting it was outstanding. I would say it is the most ignored advantage of Campagnolo.

[@CREATIVESOLUTIONS23]

Thanks for creating this. The year was about 1983-84 I was racing as a junior and worked all summer just to buy a Campy Record group set for my dream build which at the time was a CIOCC .[Colnago's since] not sure if they are even making bikes anymore. but at the time some of my racing mates were switching over to DuraAce. As if! How could anyone ever think of putting Japanese components on a pure breed Italian racing frame. That was such a heated debate back then. I still remember it like it was yesterday. sorta like the Nikon/Cannon camera loyalty.

[@nicknameunavailable809]

In the early 80's there was a BBC Series called "The Day the Universe Changed". Hosted by James Burke it traced modern (such as it was at the time) technology back to its earliest roots - that pivotal moment when everything changed. I'd submit that November 11, 1927 (the day Tullio's wingnut froze up) would qualify for such a day in cycling terms.

[@keithjenkins7919]

My cycling mates call me Mr Campy, started using Campag in in 1965 and still do, superb engineering with classy ,classic looks, still use Nuovo Super Record 8 speed on my bikes, some bits original and still work a treat. Campy wears in. Sh.t..o wears out !

[@lesmerritt7976]

Favourite innovation.......naming all their wheels after winds.😁

[@gcn]

It's certainly more romantic than certain other manufacturers naming 😉

[@johnandrews3568]

And Olympic Games

[@lightningll2991]

Started racing on campy in 1981 and still on campy super record today, I don't even think about riding any other group set.

[@ralphc1405]

What was the reaction back then when MAVIC designed the MA-40 clincher rim and said it was good enough for the TDF. Along with the Michelin Hi clinchers?

[@jerrygillen3456]

After 20 something years I dusted off my old Cannondale Caad 3 with Mid 90’s Campy Chorus. I literally just cleaned the bike, lubed the chain and went for a ride. Shifting was spot on and it was so much fun to get back out there.

[@edb8120]

In the early 70's when I was building my racing bikes Campy was out of reach in the US. You buy a bike like a Raleigh Pro Mk IV with full Campy equipment for $500. A Campy Record groupset alone would cost you at least $350. So I built with what I could get, including a fair amount of Zeus equipment. The people that rode seriously and used Campagnolo either had a lot of money or they knew a source. I knew one shop that had a customer who was an airline pilot. Every trip to Italy was made with an empty suitcase and a large wad of cash. Their sponsored riders all used Campy. Campagnolo deserves a lot of respect for their quality and aesthetics.

[@antonioraffa123]

Growing up in the 60/70s, the name Campagnolo meant the best bicycle components available to humanity, and I have to admit to being a die-hard fan of the brand. Super helpful also in my experience. Thank you for putting together this piece, reminding us of where it all began, Alex. Ciao!

[@gcn]

No worries Antonio! They certianly make some amazing parts, what would your dream Campag group set be?

[@antonioraffa123]

@gcn Anything Chorus, Record or Super Record, you can't go wrong with any of those. I look forward to your next review of Campagnolo. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@v70r06]

I’m a lifelong Campy fan and have never had a non-campy road bike ever since my first Ted Woodall-built Leader Cycle in 1972. I now have a 10 spd Fuji, an 11 spd hand-built Ti Cisco Cycle, a couple of 12 spd Chapter 2s (one mechanical Record and the other EPS super record) and a 13 spd hand-built steel Valentine gravel bike. Along the way I’ve also have had a some other road bikes but every one of them campy. I’ve ridden Shimano and SRAM but I’ve never wanted to own either. I even would have gone for their short-lived foray into mtb components if I could’ve afforded it at the time. Superior design to me always beats simply functional design which Shimanos and Srams of the world all strike me as being.

[@JMcLeodKC711]

Great video Alex. The one little thing you missed is that the logo includes the invention that started it all…..the quick release

[@michaeljohl4669]

Another thing that was ignored by even a lot Campagnolo riders is the way the first Record Ergopower breaklever break-opening feature worked. As with all Campagnolo rim breaks since Ergopwer, they were opened with a little bolt at the breaklever that was pushed inwards. To close the breaks the bolt has to be pushed outwards again. All of that could be done while riding without risking you fingers get into the spokes. But at the first generation Record Ergopower it was just a pull of the breaklever to push the bolt back in place and close the break again. I am sure most people do not know that.

[@ralphc1405]

The 2nd Gen C-Record brake levers also had that little pin feature because it was needed with Delta calipers. I personally liked the basic 1st Gen brakes. Simple and still works on my Colnago.

[@michaelmappin4425]

When I first started into road bicycles in the early 80s, I thought Super Record derailleurs were the most beautiful thing is ever seen.

[@kennethelsman3959]

Great reminder of where many bicycle innovations came from. 😊

[@markbooth6745]

Good video Alex, campagnolo the best group sets by far. That's why I only use campagnolo, on all my bikes. 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹😃👍

[@Desmo500]

Fantastic Bob. Makes me want to go back to Campy...

[@JayRob31145]

Superb video, Alex. You're a natural. One of the very best from GCN.

[@gcn]

He's one of our finest 🙌 Fancy more Alex... this is a great video 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWGWdI2Hjruqq5o

[@space.youtube]

Favourite components? C Record cranks with self extracting bolts, Delta brakes (5 pivot), C Record rear derailleur (actually the whole C Record gruppo is special, including the "biodinamica" aero bidon and cage) Shamals (1st and 2nd gen), 8v Ergo shifters (2nd gen), Electron, wheelset, 9v & 10v black 16-HPW Shamals, 9v & 10v Record Ti seat post, first carbon Record crankset, 10v Shamals in gold anodised alloy, Ultra Torque 10v Record crankset, the list goes on.

[@dpricketti]

There is a book entitled "The Giant and the File" by Gianni Brera. from 1993 Apparently it was for publicity and not sold so its hard to find and expensive. Its full of the early history of Tullio with lots of pictures. The race where he realized "bisogna cambia qualcosa de diro" was 4 november 1924 not 1933. He kept racing for the next few years before devoting himself entirely to designing and engineering I got my copy when I was visiting the factory in Vicenza with a group I was in charge of after doing the Grand Fondo Campagnolo in 2000

[@tonyk0756]

I've got Campy on a bike I had hand made for me in Nice France 1985, Columbus SLX tube set. Loved the change up and push the lever back a bit, lever on the down tube of course. Its in the attic. But at the start of the mountain bike scene every body wanted indexing and leavers on the bars, first mountain bike I had was a Gitane Verdon 1983 with Huret friction shifter's on the bars. Later tried a Simplex mec on the back. But none of them could get reliable indexing. Then the Japanese got it with the little trick of the top jockey wheel having a bit of sideways movement so after a change it could line up with the sprocket. Just like I used to do with the down tube levers LOL.

[@9118693223]

their best inventions, the quick release, and above all , the groupset. campagnolo still leads the road on cycling components

[@danielb1279]

I didn't realise the Cheddar Giorgio was such a classic Italian climb!

[@gordonmorrow4720]

I bought the Tern GSD and love it. It is my favorite purchase of all time. he new Tern panniers are nice, however I mounted a large plastic produce crate on the back rack and I like it much better than panniers which I rarely use. Why? Convenience. I just plop my grocery bags, packages, gloves, Sun glasses etc into the box and start riding. There are no panniers to unlatch or roll up. Another tip: I made a giant “shower cap” for my box. It keeps rain out and stuff from blowing out. I made it from rubber tubing and clear vinyl sheet goods and vinyl glue. Ace Hardware had everything I needed. I had a black rubberized cover, which I ordered on the internet but I really like the clear cover much better. I can instantly see whatever is in side the crate. If you like bike riding you will absolutely love riding a cargo bike. It is so practical for a city environment. We even got rid of one car. It was never needed once i got the cargo bike.

[@gcn]

We love Cargo bikes... Si has been known to rock a turn also! 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/aV6lpWqCm9h8idk 🙌 Has your bike replaced a car?

[@PaulStregevsky]

Not sure what it means to say that components in a groupo (group set) were meant to "work together." They werd designed to sell together. In 1974, I built a bike whose brake set used components from seven different manufacturers. Worked great.

[@darrenhill8503]

Thank you for this display of the great works of Campagnolo

[@tonyt73oz]

Just getting back on my road bike after a 5 year break. I'm 54yo. Bike hasn't seen a day of maintenance in that time. Campagnolo Record through out, and it is all still in tune and works as it should. Nothing to do, but dust it off and ride. The Shimano on my MTB would of broken already. 🙂

[@gcn]

Wow that is very impressive 🙌 What bike is it?

[@tonyt73oz]

@@gcn 2013 De Rosa Merak II - custom build.

[@ChrisGuarraia]

Great video! Great history of a great company that had/has such an impact on biking, both for pros and for amateurs.

[@gcn]

Great to hear you enjoyed it! What brands would you like to see us go for a deeper dive into? 👀

[@SMidberg]

I bought a custombuilt frame from Bob Jackson 1985 and equiped it with C-o Nuovo Record and rode it for many years . Since 2007 I have ridden a carb bike and let the steelhorse in the garage . This year I just took it out again just for a fun ride and it worked perfektly like last time 16 years ago.Thats quality. I used to by several gears and brakes etc .for passion and just to have spareparts incase C-o would cease to exist.😅

[@Penalist]

A prelude to the release of the new Campagnolo wireless groupset.

[@matthewlewis2072]

Much talked about. They need to provide new product, soon, or they're doomed.

[@dflack]

Elegant groupsets but my Neutron wheels are my fave, still amazing after all these years.

[@nicknameunavailable809]

Have two gifts remains from my wedding in 1983. The first is the cook book my best friend gave us and second is the Campagnolo corkscrew my cycling teammates gave. Guess which gets used more? Also have my Campy Nouvo record hubs from around 1980. Haven't used them in a long time but they still are the prettiest hubs I've ever owned.

[@gcn]

Nothing goes better with a Campy corkscrew than a cycling cook book 👉 gcn.eu/7kY 😉 ... Bon appétit

[@sateshmahadeo4366]

This is an amazing video. The rich history of this sport continues to fascinate me.

[@gcn]

There is a lot to unpick 🙌 If it's the history of cycling that you love, there is only place for you 👉gcn.eu/8x5 GCN+!

[@Dangling_Carrot]

This was a great video. Hopefully this puts then back on top.

[@chrisrobertson9264]

My 78 Bianchi Super Leggera came with Chorus first year still shifting like a Swiss Watch

[@bearthompson6506]

I have always loved the older chainring design. A work of art with its arcs and symmetry. And the components used to be serviceable and not just replaced.

[@marcabbey5929]

Great and informative video made all the better with some great cinematography. Climbing Cheddar Gorge is a fantastic experience and having it this video was a welcome bonus

[@dgillies5420]

As a kid in the early 1970s I remember QRs were a luxury only available on 3rd level entry racing bikes (Raleigh super course or higher, $170+), or Schwinn Continentals ... Pricey bikes!

[@maxsievers8251]

I prefer the derailleur to be operated desmodromically. This makes shifts consistent and easy. Rene Herse is offering such a derailleur.

[@weiwenng8096]

I'm glad someone knows what they want out of life! That said, the Rene Herse RD does only have a downtube shifter version, and it requires a non-standard RD mount, which you would have to retrofit to an existing frame. I think downtube shifting is not what most cyclists are used to these days, and I bet you most people would prefer to shift from the bars.

[@maxsievers8251]

@@weiwenng8096I'm hardening up with a singlespeed bike so that downtube shifters feel convenient.

[@williamcurtis8827]

Love my Campy group sets so reliable and easier to fix!

[@gcn]

Do you do the mechanics yourself? 🛠

[@gemshiddenhistories6575]

Cobalto Brakeset,. By far my favorite piece of Campy kit. How that cobalt stone glistened in the sunshine during the 1986 Tour de France. Still have a brand new boxed set, with the aero lever converters.

[@johnandrews3568]

Cobaltos were SR brakes with the cobalt stone - a stopgap brake set after the original Delta brakes proved to be dangerous, were recalled and the Cobaltos stood in until Campagnolo improved and relaunched the Deltas.

[@gemshiddenhistories6575]

I know that, doesn't take away from the fact that they were really cool and my favorite piece of Campy kit.

[@ralphc1405]

That "stone" is literally a sliver of clear plastic. Cheap but looks beautiful that's for sure.

[@app6336]

It is great that you can still buy a Super Record mechanical groupset with rim breaks! Apart from what some of you think, it is not only a matter of speed and power! The joy is a key, I think. 😁 And for those like me there is a Campy!

[@gcn]

Campy are still keeping it old school with those rim brakes! We love to see it 🙌

[@chrisstrider]

I had a Campag Nueva Record equipped Rossin in the early 90s it felt very special

[@SuperTaylor68]

I’ve got a colnago rim brake c64 with super record mechanical. It’s a keeper ❤

[@gcn]

That sounds lovely! Have you seen our Colnago documentary on GCN+? 👉 gcn.eu/ColnagoArt

[@RACEgale]

20 years ago I had Record on my road bike. Loved it. Once I can afford a high end bike I'm going with Record again. I don't care if the other brands shift o.oo1 seconds faster. I want to be STOKED to ride something beautiful, something with history and passion. It's like the difference between driving a new Jaguar F-Type vs. my father's 1964 Jaguar E-Type... sure the F is faster, more comfortable, safer, etc. But the E is a thing of beauty and mechanical perfection with a personality. The E is something you learn to operate and respect. I'll take the 1964 E-Type every single time.

[@gcn]

We couldn't agree more! Ride the bike that gets your fired up 🔥 Where would you go? 🗺

[@toddlong2785]

Great video!

[@derdas44]

I admire that campagnolo use a Hirth joint for some of their cranksets

[@sidneyclark9105]

Loved the video

[@jankonarzewski5038]

Great content! Wish you could start recording in 4K 😊

[@gcn]

Great to hear you are loving the video! We'll let you know when 4k is on its way 👀

[@sd3457]

On the subject of disc brakes, Campag made the innovative inboard discs on Lambrettas in the 1960's and magnesium alloy wheels for Ducati and the legendary Lancia Stratos in the 70's. I wouldn't have anything else on my bike. Not that I have anything against Shimano, it's on all my fishing rods...

[@ColonelBummleigh]

Quality content, Well done all involved at GCN.

[@gcn]

Great to hear that you enjoyed the video! Would you like to see us go deeper into any other brand?

[@pierrelesage7097]

The Logo, magnifico

[@merckxy54]

Beautiful equipment!!!

[@app6336]

I like Campy very, very much. And I am going to build a gravel specific bike on Campagnolo (non EKAR) parts.

[@eegaugh]

Pro mechanics favoured Campag because the company rep attended races and operated a generous on-the-spot-replacement policy for defective parts. Internal cabling dates from the 1940s if not earlier.

[@johnstrac]

Simply for cost and availability I tuned to Shimano on my last bike but I love Campagnolo.

[@randellgribben9772]

we can bring you back from the ' dark side' if you ask us😁

[@jonathanfroggatt5865]

Not sure if campagnolo is a force today as it was back then but back in the 80s and 90s they had some me beautiful group sets which I could only dream of buying and still do today. ❤

[@randellgribben9772]

other companys pay their rider to use their group sets

[@dgillies5420]

The joke about Shimano was that Shimano would break down just as Campagnolo was breaking in. Campy is and was famous for providing spares for almost all their parts. Dozens of companies manufactured parts that could be fixed with campagnolo spares!

[@paullinnitt7710]

I would love to see someone riding a bike with a dual rod gear. It would be amazing to see how easy/ difficult it was to use. Does anyone have a frame? I have never seen one on a bike, even in museums.

[@chukwuebukamartins3330]

I love your bike

[@weiwenng8096]

Let me guess: this is sort of an arranged piece before the new Super Record group drops, kind of like you did one of these for Shimano before 12s Di2 dropped?

[@Rick--A-F]

Though I tended to ride bikes with Shimano components on them I did have a soft spot for the Delta brakes, they looked fab to me. I did own a Shamal deep metal rim front wheel for TT's which also looked fab!

[@gcn]

Campy always looks on point! 👌

[@MyMyian]

It was not just racing equipment where they led the way, touring equipment was innovative with the Campag Rally rear derailleur, circa 1975, which could handle wide ratio gears e.g. 50-36 front and 14-28 rear unheard of elsewhere at the time.

[@matthewlewis2072]

Ahem Shimano Crane, Suntour Cyclone, etc

[@gcn]

Do you think that Campag have a group set for every rider? ⚙

[@icenijohn2]

@@matthewlewis2072 Unfortunately it wasn't a copy of Suntour's excellent slant-parallelogram mechanism because Suntour still held the patent for it. I have a 3450 Rally that looks beautiful but shifts like a nondescript Shimano derailleur of the same era. At least it doesn't weigh as much as the hideous Gran Turismo. Frank Berto was right when he said that Campagnolo derailleurs shifted poorly, but would do so for ever!

[@RoquetteAttaquer]

The new campy hyperon ultra wheel set just announced, cant wait to see new campy road 13 speed wireless or semi wireless group set

[@andrewlipsiner9791]

Agree with some of the other comments, that #GCN should create more creative and informative content on #campagnolo and their AMAZING, .." Functionally..Beautiful ..and Beautifully..Functional " .. components and wheelsets 🇮🇹💥🇮🇹💥

[@km4089]

Great video, very interesting.

[@gcn]

Thanks! You should check out some of our iconic brands films on GCN+ like this one about Pinarello 👉 gcn.eu/pinarellostory

[@andypughtube]

I love the design of the Ultratorque bottom bracket. The Hirth coupling in the middle is engineering genius ( and that's my opinion as someone technically a genius and an engineer) So much so that when I built my own fancy bike from eBay bargains a Campag chainset was a must-have. The rest of the bike is a mixture of generic Chinese carbon with Ultegra and Dura-Ace wheels, brakes and drivetrain. Actually, I ended up with two crank/chainring sets after reconsidering my gear ratios. As an experiment to see if anyone reads these comments, I have a 52/39 Campag Chorus carbon Ultratorque chainset available free to the first person to ask for it. It's sat in the shed and I won't be using it again.

[@alejandrobanuelos1259]

Alright I'll bite, will you ship to us lol

[@andypughtube]

@@alejandrobanuelos1259 Where to? There is an email link on my channel page

[@alejandrobanuelos1259]

@andy pugh all I found was the link to your blog, I'm over in the US a bit aways from the uk

[@andypughtube]

@@alejandrobanuelos1259 Look in the "about" section. And I am in the US in a few weeks....

[@chriscole4149]

Fantastic!

[@gcn]

Thanks!

[@cmsvmylo]

Why is it so difficult to find bikes with campangolo groupsets?

[@allanfoster6965]

Is this filmed in Jon Cannings shed?

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

Many years ago I ran a small bike shop to support a total cycling lifestyle. Amongst the stuff in the spares box was a functional Campag front derailleur. Rather than being cable operated though, it had a little lever you had to reach down for. My personal favourite item though, were the 180mm cranks on my road bike, even if they did, after years of hard service, succumb to the hairline crack which finished them all off. The super record headsets were too soft, the older steel ones really hard wearing. In contrast to their exceptionally light components (esp the derailleurs) though, those old seatposts weighed a ton. I think their seat post guy must have had a sickie the day they formed the master casts. But, you know, racing's not everything. This drive for performance at the expense of (virtually) mandatory use of super expensive, non-recyclable materials is, I think, regrettable. The fucking circus of European racing might not owe a nod to the environmental and health benefits of cycling, but driving in excess of 150kph with what amounts to a sail on top of your car is just so far removed from any cycling ideals I hold, that I think I'll go outside and spew.

[@weiareinboud6990]

Where did you ride for this video?

[@svenlima]

Interesting video. But PLEASE drop any kind of background musik while people are speaking. Thank you!

[@aa401nd]

I prefer Shimano, but I liked this video. It would be top to see you climbing the Croce d'Aune

[@richardmcdonald307]

New Groupset launch on the horizon?

[@DaveCM]

I appreciate the history behind Campagnolo and love the looks. But, I've honestly never really been that impressed by their groupsets. They work fine, but I'd pick Shimano over them. If there was a bike I wanted and it had Campagnolo on it, it would deter me from buying it. I'd just pick Shimano over it of given the choice.

[@MrChippinator]

I'd buy a Campagnolo groupset but they are hard to source parts for where I am at. I do have their wheels though and I wouldn't buy anybody else's.

[@johnandrews3568]

Buy online

[@frankieboy5859]

Finally own a Super Record on a #Stelbel. The next best thing to...well, youll get it.

[@abosworth]

I'm actually shocked that the quick release was invented in the 1930s. That's crazy. Hell, I still have two bikes with QR.

[@joef2932]

I feel like that box set was on loan from John Cannings

[@granthaller9544]

I remember reading a story that racers crashing would do all they could to protect their Campy components because “flesh heals, Campagnola doesn’t.”

[@JeffersonDeLisio]

Please, follow this with a full movie

[@wiggettyg2732]

As a bike mechanic myself, we hate it when a bike with campy components walks through the door… it means we just won’t have the tools required to do any servicing…..

[@EricAbbottTri]

I worry for the future of Campagnolo, with no UCI teams using them and the dominance of Sram and Shimano I am nervous they will get forgotten and left behind.

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Interesting history, well presented by Alessandro. I wonder why they never had a second go on MTB components.

[@flashpeter625]

They did, but the products were not successful, so they stopped in 1994.

[@chrisridesbicycles]

@@flashpeter625 Yes, the famously huge Record OR brake levers, bigger than on a motorcycle. And they still had bar top shifters when Shimano already had STI down to the cheapest groupsets. I guess that‘s why I still have them as „outdated“ in the back of my head because I started cycling around '91/'92

[@matthewlewis2072]

They missed the boat. Late to enter the market, and terrible product.

[@garcesdesign]

Was waiting for the Campagnolo C-Record brake to show. very disappointed it wasnt featured. Just kidding

[@sloprun]

Very informative. However, the background noise is distracting and contends with your discourse.

[@hicky62]

I fitted Campagnolo Record to my first real bike in the early 80s. Like an idiot I got rid of it. How I wished I still had that bike.😢

[@aljaliah6868]

I speak CAMPAGNOLO !!!