Re: [CR]re: Campagnolo Bicycle ????

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 09:45:42 +1200
From: "David Benson" <david@worrall.co.nz>
To: Mara & Steven Maasland <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]re: Campagnolo Bicycle ????
References: <c3a817c3339a.c3339ac3a817@icomcast.net>
cc: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Steven Maasland wrote:
>I believe in this case, the bike is an 'honest' Campagnolo bike.
>Campagnolo has supplied technical neutral support for years and they
>always have extra wheels and bikes ready for those racers with
>technical problems. I know that there was a period in the early 80's
>that they were Murray branded bikes (Steve Bauer finished second in
>some major race on just such a bike after a technical problem with his
>Colnago), but it would not be at all surprising if Campagnolo USA also
>went to Serotta for their bikes. This is the only explanantion that I
>can come up with for the fact that there is the Campagnolo logo on the
>fork crown. I can't imagine Campagnolo giving permission to Serotta to
>use this logo, unless with proper permission.
> This looks like one of the bikes that Campagnolo USA used for technical support circa 1990. They had a number of bikes like this one at the 1990 Ore-Ida womens tour, and, as I recall, they were Serottas, though I cannot reacl how I know this. The bike on ebay will stop no worse than the technical supprt Serotta which I rode one morning, fitted with Croce'd'Aune deltas.

Best Wishes
David Benson
Auckland, NZ