Re: [CR]Did Campgnolo manufacturer for others?

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:49:33 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: "kyle-chrisbrooks" <kyle-chrisbrooks@earthlink.net>
To: bikecg@att.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Did Campgnolo manufacturer for others?


I've heard similar stories, and I don't know if there is truth to them. I have heard a different twist on this -- that other companies were sometimes contracted to make parts for Campagnolo. I don't know if there is truth to that either. What I do know for sure is that while the Miche (and Ofmega, and Avocet, and Gipiemme) brand hubs were visual knockoffs of the Campy hubs, they were most definitely NOT made by Campagnolo, as the bearing surfaces in the cones and races were not nearly as durable.

Kyle Brooks Akron, Ohio

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>From: bikecg@att.net

>Sent: Mar 15, 2006 11:14 AM

>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Subject: [CR]Did Campgnolo manufacturer for others?

>

>Someone I know suggested that that Campagnolo was contracted to build other components for competitors in the 70s and 80s. That person said that he thought that Campagnolo manufactured hubs for the Miche brand. Any truth or just a myth?

>

>Carl Gonzalez

>Bay Village, OH