wow, back from a week of holiday riding, and it sure lets the email pile up!!
Just thought I'd chime in that the Century finish is back in 2004, on the Centaur group.
http://www.campyonly.com/
Grant McLean Toronto.Ca
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I'll make this real quick since this stuff it totally OT and not even K.O.T.F style. This was finish Campy inflicted on C-Record and Cd'A(?) in '89-'91, I think. The finish was to make a nice distinct look that wouldn't "out shine" the frame or show wear and dirt as easily. The problem was it looked like crap and sold really poorly. I was offered a FULL boxed C-Record group from a distributor in @'94 for something like $200, I passed. I also blame this finish for Campy's continuing decline in the late 80s. I remember shops giving the parts to their racers or shop rats since no one would buy them. I do know a couple people who like the look, but to each their own. If it was actually blue it might have sold well, but "smoke". . . really what were the designers smoking? enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA
On Sunday, August 3, 2003, at 04:59 PM, Tom Sanders wrote:
> Intrigued by Dirk Feeken's posting about a DeRosa with a "famous blue
> Century group", I ran it through the archives and got zero hits. I
> have never heard of this group, and I'll bet I'm not the only one.
> Can one of the enlightened List Members enlighten me and, perhaps,
> others about this group? Looks like some kind of fancy C Record to > me.
> Thanks,
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi