The logo of the company is the winged wheel.įor many years Campagnolo provided professional race mechanics with spare parts, and technical help at races. Trademarks Ĭampagnolo have used various trademarks, the best known the Campagnolo signature another is a hub quick-release lever (Tullio's most famous innovation). Campagnolo are associated with the victories of Eddy Merckx, who used Campagnolo almost exclusively and was friendly with Tullio Campagnolo.Ĭampagnolo Record brake caliper from the 1970s. Campagnolo sponsor teams in the UCI ProTour such as Caisse d'Epargne, Cofidis, Quick Step-Innergetic (Tom Boonen, Paolo Bettini), and Lampre. Ĭampagnolo have focused on road cycling and track cycling. Campagnolo is rumored to be developing an electronic version of its drivetrain. In 2008, Campagnolo introduced 11-speed drivetrains with Super Record, Record and Chorus groupsets. Other innovations included a Hirth-joint engineered Ultra-Torque external-bearing crankset and G3 spoke lacing for racing wheels.
In 2004 Campagnolo introduced a complete Compact drivetrain with smaller chainrings, to give lower gears than traditional drivetrains. The late 1990s and early 2000s saw Campagnolo's increased use of carbon fiber and titanium parts in groupsets, and the development of wheelsets. Despite its struggles, Campagnolo introduced its Ergopower shifter/brake levers and renewed its focus on the high-end road cycling components. A foray into mountain biking, the Record-OR (off-road) groupset, contributed to the company's decline during those years. Ĭampagnolo worked with the racer Eddy Merckx, and produced lightweight parts for his bike used to beat the world hour record in 1972.Ī racing bicycle, built with Campagnolo Chorus parts.įollowing Campagnolo's success during the 1970s and 80s, innovation lagged as rival Shimano developed indexed gears and combined brake-gear levers. In the 1970s they also supplied wheels for Ferrari Formula One car. Magnesium wheel of Lamborghini Espada made by Campagnolo.Īt the end of the 1950s Campagnolo started to manufacture magnesium parts such as wheels for sports cars like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, and built chassis for NASA satellites in 1969. Campagnolo have been awarded more than 135 patents for innovations in cycling technology. The founder was a racing cyclist in Italy in the 1920s and he conceived several ideas while racing, such as the quick release mechanism for bicycle wheels, derailleurs, and the rod gear for gear changing. History File:Campagnolo Ergopower Veloce.jpgįounded by Tullio Campagnolo, the company began in 1933 in a Vicenza workshop.
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