Ye Olde Campy MTB in rec.bicycles.tech.... - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

01-24-2007, 09:06 AM

Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?

I'd never seen the splined chainring attachment system. Seems
unncessary, but sorta neat:

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/s

01-24-2007, 11:34 AM

Scott Gordo wrote:
> Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?
>
> I'd never seen the splined chainring attachment system. Seems
> unncessary, but sorta neat:
>
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

As I recall it was beautiful sculpture, but heavy and *really* expensive
compared to the Shimano and SunTour (remember them?) stuff out there at
the time.

Shawn

01-24-2007, 12:15 PM

On Jan 24, 3:34 pm, Shawn
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Scott Gordo wrote:
> > Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?
>
> > I'd never seen the splined chainring attachment system. Seems
> > unncessary, but sorta neat:
>
> >[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] I recall it was beautiful sculpture, but heavy and *really* expensive
> compared to the Shimano and SunTour (remember them?) stuff out there at
> the time.
>
> Shawn

I do remember the Campy group, but I'm not sure I've ever seen it in
person. MTBs were relatively rare on the East Coast, especially ones
with fancy Italian components. I've never seen Browning's electronic
shifting in person either. Anyway, back then I spent all my available
time trying to figure out why my Deore stuff wouldn't shift properly,
probably whanging the der's with a monkeywrench and globbing motor oil
onto the rear sprockets. Ah, those innocent pre-internet days....

Regarding SunTour, I've been reading
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on the subway. It's an interesting account of the development of the
geared bicycle, the relationship between SunTour, DiaCompe, Sugino,
etc, and the rise of Shimano.

/s

01-24-2007, 04:55 PM

On Jan 24, 1:06 pm, "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?
>
> I'd never seen the splined chainring attachment system. Seems
> unncessary, but sorta neat:
>
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
> /s

We saw the old Campy group on an Italian MTB frame in a bike shop up
in Toronto... Nice looking and the guy knew it's value...
He was asking a lot.

Jimbo(san)