[CR]Re: A Modern Nuovo Record component

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:10:39 -0800
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Subject: [CR]Re: A Modern Nuovo Record component

Of Course! It's made well, costs more than the rest because it's made to last longer, and durability, quality, styling Costs. Anything that lasts 20 years+ is a bargain. When it was bought it was the most expensive and people didn't want always to spend the extra buck, but that's hindsight. I 've always ridden Campy, as it came on the market we got it and used it. To us it was always get the best you could afford on racing equipment. It a matter of dependability and your well being. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, off to the track races CA


----- Original Message -----
From: Earle Young
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: A Modern Nuovo Record component



> Ted, I beg to differ. Campagnolo Nuovo/Super Record was extremely
> inexpensive when bought new. In more than 20 years of ownership, I have
> never had to replace a major component, and a custom frame with full kit
> was
> $1500 or so. Given the cost per year, I'd call that a bargain. Campagnolo
> is
> never CHEAP, but that's different.
> Earle Young
> Madison, Wisc.
>
>> Campagnolo will NEVER be inexpensive!
>> To even imagine anything so blasphemous is outright heresy.
>> Ted Ernst
>> Palos Verdes estates, CA