><Campagnolo should nip this in the bud and either make replacement parts
>themselves or license someone else to.>
>
>mark my words. the reproducer will never make enough of
>these hoods for campagnolo to care. if he did make enough
>hoods, there won't be the market to support it. if every CR
>listmember and iBOB-er each bought 3 pairs, it still would
>not matter enough for this to require the legal system, or even
>to cause valentino campagnolo to miss his nap.
exactly. i dont think anyone at campy is gonna be losing sleep over this.
they might even think its kinda cool, imitation being the highest form of flattery and all that... plus hey, repro hoods mean more sets of old campy brake levers getting used (cause less excuses of "hey, id ride that bike, but i cant find brake hoods for it" or "hey, id ride that bike, but if i damage those brake hoods, i cant replace them"), and personally, if i were a parts maker, the more bikes on the road with my parts on them, current production or not, the happier id be... another persons bike with 20/30/40 year old campy components on it is back on the road cause someone made reproduction lever hoods? cool!
-joel
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...