Re: [CR] Campy sure made a lot of different rubber shifter covers

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

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Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 23:13:39 -0400
To: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Campy sure made a lot of different rubber shifter covers


Mark Bulgier wrote:
>http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Campy/RubberShifterCovers.jpg shows the
>different styles I found in my junk pile just now. Note some have
>"cuffs" and some don't; also note the different sizes.
>
>Assuming the oldest ones had an open-C typeface, these must all be
>newer, so there are probably still more styles out there (one more at
>least).

I would be very surprised if Campagnolo actually "made" any of these.

Campagnolo's expertise was and is in metalworking, not rubber moulding. Most likely these were jobbed out to one or more outside subcontractors.

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