dale, my leader... i humbly disagree. i really believe richard storino on all counts. whether they made their rubber products or had them sourced, campagnolo srl is not in the business of replacing parts on thirty year old bicycles. if they, in fact, made hoods, some other e-group may pine for chainring bolts that say 'patent'. where does it stop? in the case of the hoods, 'back in the day', they never cost a king's ransom; why didn't the several hundred or so folks who want them now not have the foresight to stash a few away? for what they now fetch on ebay, one could've bought a dozen pair in the days in which they were new, not 'vintage'. i think the firm is getting a bad rap. campagnolo is not mercedes, nor is the cr 'timeline bicycle' collected with the fervor attached to vintage autos. that's a market with a long lineage and from which some serious profits can be taken. not so, this bike thing. e-RICHIE (i hope you'll still take my phone calls!)
On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:56:38 EDT OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 6/19/2002 9:12:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> questor@cinci.rr.com writes:
>
> <<
> 1.) Campy does not see enough long-term sales volume to even
> support a
> limited run.
>
> 2.) Campy will never license its name to a third party company
> to
> re-manufacture rubber components because:
> a.) quality control issues
> b.) legal liability for someone else's manufacturing
> mistakes
> c.) logistics required to police the licensing agreement
> are
> expensive
>
> 3.) Several third party companies make product replacement
> parts
> (Coolstop & Dia-Comp) that meet the functional and safety needs
>
> 4.) He implied that Campy is in the business of selling new
> and
> innovative products, not models discontinued for over 15 years.
>
> As a result, Richard suggested that a aftermarket manufacturer
> named
> "Coolstop" makes the best replacement hoods and brake pads in
> multiple
> colors that are fully compatible with Campy NR/SR equipment. He
> could not
> provide recommended model names/numbers. He also mentioned that in
> quantity,
> the would probably be able to make custom runs of rubber products.
> Coolstop sells directly to bike stores and not to the public.
>
> Does anyone have their address/telephone numbers
>
> Hey Dale! how about CR custom brake hoods from Coolstop for the
> next
> Cirque!
> >>
>
> Storino's answer is mostly BS. Point number 1 and point number 4
> are the
> only truths here...
>
> That business about never licensing anyone is really a crock as I
> would bet
> anything Campy never made those hoods or any other rubber products
> in-house
> anyway! Compared to the dollars they blow on many things, making up
> a few
> thousand sets of brake hoods is a sneeze in the bucket. The reality
> that they
> simply do not care.
>
> No one makes gum rubber replacement hoods save Euro Asia Imports. .
> The
> colors were the old Ame hoods that have been gone for 10-165 years?
>
> Definitely not KoolStop. He is confusing those with their brake
> pads. All
> these are available from CDO, Sheldon Brown and Bicycle Classics as
> well as
> your local shop if you can get them off the pot.
>
> In fact, Storino may be a very nice fellow in many contexts but he
> is
> essentially a salesman and has little to do with any decision making
> in that
> company. He is covering for the Big Boys so you and I will buy new
> stuff...
>
> Dale Brown
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