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Everything Ebykr holds on Campagnolo: three articles, a Timeline of 79 dated events from 1901 to 2026 and 31 documents in the archive.
The history of Campagnolo on Ebykr.
Tullio Campagnolo by the record: a farm laborer's son from Vicenza, a first patent in May 1933, the 1943 quick release and a conviction the histories omit.
Grouped by format, the most read first.
How to date Campagnolo parts from the firm's own 14 catalogs of about 1951 to 1986: the derailleur ladder, the crank changes, part numbers and addresses.
A timeline of Campagnolo from Tullio's birth in Vicenza in 1901 through the 1933 patent, Gran Sport, Record and Super Record to the investment of 2026.
Where Campagnolo is named outside its own pages: 24 articles, eight build sheets and 126 archive documents from 28 other makers and four publications.
The articles that name Campagnolo most often first.
…not the bicycle, so weigh how original a machine is before you trust any one code. Campagnolo · Campagnolo is the most rewarding maker to date, because its system is consistent and its parts are everywhere on…
…rear before Cinelli abandoned the system in the late 1960s. While the hubs were made by Campagnolo and the freewheel was manufactured by Regina, the concept - which allowed quicker wheel changes during time-critical…
…on. Schwinn modernized it with Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing, Nervex lugsets and Campagnolo derailleurs, and the result is the Paramount most collectors picture. Crucially, none of that technology migrated down…
…enough to have ridden a De Rosa. A 1982 De Rosa advertisement touts frames built with Campagnolo components, the pairing Ugo De Rosa insisted on for his shop near Milan. A trio of 1983 De Rosa ads built around the…
…1940 catalog lists it with a three-sprocket freewheel and a "Comando cambio tipo « Campagnolo »", a gear control of the Campagnolo type, and offers it without the gear on request. That was Campagnolo’s…
…By the mid-1970s TA wanted a foothold in the high-polish, high-status world ruled by Campagnolo and it created a sub-brand to get there. Tevano was TA's answer to the Campagnolo Super Record, built around the…
…the Folgore model, which Bianchi’s 1940 catalog lists with a "Comando cambio tipo « Campagnolo »", a gear control of the Campagnolo type: the lever-worked rod gear later sold as the Cambio Corsa. 1942…
…never really took off beyond basic adjustability of unified lever designs. Before Campagnolo’s first Record caliper arrived in 1968, Mafac Racers were a common sight in the pro peloton. The Racer’s compact…
…custom engraving all over (including an X4 on the rear brake bridge), and equipped with Campy C-Record, this model was never offered in any domestic U.S. catalog. It was also during this time in the late 1980s…
…built quietly by a committed husband and wife team long before its racing pedigree with Campagnolo carried the name across the Atlantic. Here is a chronological timeline of key company and product events at…
…their best Legnano bikes with high-quality components from revered Italian brands like Campagnolo and Cinelli. These components offered smooth shifting, precise braking and overall lightweight performance. They also…
…transitioned toward more compact, reliable side-pull brakes perfected by giants like Campagnolo and Shimano, MAFAC's attempts to adapt with its own side-pull versions proved late and unreliable, leading to a rapid…
…1930s designs, was modernized with Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing, Nervex lugsets and Campagnolo derailleurs. None of the technology reached the mass-market range. 1957–1967 · Legal Action · The Department of…
…brands in the world at that time." Legnanos of the era sported the perhaps-inevitable Campagnolo Record group, whose rear derailleur in 1960 was still the Gran Sport. Somewhat more of a surprise, they also featured…
…through another period of energy-induced national economic crisis. The Holdsworth-Campagnolo Years · The passing of Sandy Holdsworth in 1961 and Margaret in 1964 brought changes to the company. Among the more…
…freewheel that mounted to the frame independently from the wheel. The hubs were made by Campagnolo and the freewheel by Regina. A period magazine feature on the system labeled it a 1961 design, though the article's…
…the newest original part on it, and dated cranks, hubs and mechs (er, derailleurs) from Campagnolo and the rest will bracket the build. The full method, maker by maker, is set out in the companion reference on dating…
…with an integral gear hanger are common across the range, while the highest models wore Campagnolo ends. None of these dates a bike to the year on its own, but together they place it firmly in a decade before you have…
…in metallic blue-gray, photographed in detail from Alberto Masi's signed top tube to its Campagnolo componentry, NISI tubular rims and stamped bottom bracket serial. Because California Masi owned the distribution…
…Mk IV listed at $575 and the Team Professional, built from titanium and using Campagnolo components, was special order only, price on request. The dealer price list above catches the lightweight range at…
…operation, so steadfast yet so innovative, die out? Was it the increasing prevalence of Campagnolo componentry, the move to derailleur gearing by racers, the fall into a 30-year somnolence of club racing in the US, a…
…signature. Rolling Stock: Lightweight Mavic or Super-Champion rims were laced to Brivio-Campagnolo, Prior or Maxi-Car hubs with Robergel spokes. All of these remained tidy with the help of Lefol fenders. Finishing…
…(ref 201) variants. c. 1976 · Sub-Brand Launch · TA launches Tevano, its answer to Campagnolo's Super Record, built on the Italian 144mm bolt circle. "Tevano" is an anagram of founder "Navet," with an O added for…
…marks, in hindsight, the beginning of the end for Bayliss-Wiley, as competition from Campagnolo componentry and the broader shift to derailleur gearing erode its position. 1953–1957 · Manufacturing Shift…
Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Campagnolo.
Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Campagnolo; the biggest share first.
22 catalogs
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15 documents: 11 advertisements and four catalogs
eight catalogs
seven documents: six catalogs and one advertisement
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six catalogs
four documents: two catalogs and two advertisements
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one advertisement
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one advertisement
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four advertisements
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