[CR]Zeus and Campy: The Rumor

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Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:31:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: "brad stockwell" <brdstockwell@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <75d04b480710041201q15088d11r9c8bd0e42b0a6dd9@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: [CR]Zeus and Campy: The Rumor

After joining thia list circa March of 2000, I was told this story about Zeus history:

Campy built a factory for themselves in Spain in the 30's; in '36 General Franco took over the country and also commandeered this factory which was subsequently inhabited by Zeus -- and out of this the similarity of Zeus parts and Campy parts was born. The 100%-Spanish-stem-to-stern orientation of Zeus also derived from the nationalistic enthusiasm of the new government -- and this lead to copying of foreign designs for local production.

I like the story; I can't remember who told it to me, and I don't know how to verify it -- but I can spread an unsubstantiated rumor as well as the next fellow.

Brad Stockwell Palo Alto

Zeus was also a supplier for Campy for a number of items

"We've talked with several collectors and historians who suspect that production of some of Campagnolo's components was actually "farmed out" to Zeus, along with co-creation of new technology."

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