Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Why Campy Parts are Expensive

I have often asked myself why Campagnolo bike group sets are terrribly expensive.  At $2000+ purchase price, its worth twice an lower end COMPLETE bikes.  But, when I got campy group set at a fraction of the price, I began to understand why. When I got the box containing the Campy parts, I did not want to install;  I just wanted to look at it.  They are works of art:  made of titanium, a space age material and lightweight carbon fiber.
The STI weighed mere 300 grams vs their counterpart. And you can upshift and downshift up to 5 years at time:  a feature not available with other brands.  I am not a marketing/sales rep for Campy.  But their parts are quite admireable.  Thank you Campagnolo.

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