Ye Olde Campy MTB in rec.bicycles.tech....

Scott Gordo said:

Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?

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

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/72c045fd3a720fdf/df16600e8bb775d2?hl=en#df16600e8bb775d2

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

Shawn said:

Scott Gordo said:

Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/72...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

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
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm
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

Scott Gordo said:

Anybody else remember the failed Campy mtb stuff of yore?

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

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/72...

/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)