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From the article:

"Campagnolo's highest grade groups, Record (current production) and Super Record (up to 1985), were universally regarded as being unbeatable, some of the lower priced grouppos such as Chorus were often considered to be somewhat overpriced in contrast to the less prestigious competition."

Hmm... So Record is universally considered as unbeatable. Actually, I'd agree that it is the best, but if it is a universal belief, why does Dura Ace sell so well?

The second part hits me more though - I've always known Chorus as a better value and almost identical alternative to Record, offering better value for money. The article says the opposite.

Another point, Chorus isn't one of the "lower priced grouppos" - Veloce, Mirage and Xenon are the lower priced groups. Out of the six, Chorus is second most expensive!

And Campagnolo's lower priced groups are actually really good value for money. More so in Europe than the USA I believe. They really are quite competitively priced against Shimano/SRAM.

WikianJim 09:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the sentence should re-written, as it is it's POV. 17:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

"Campagnolo components have generally been slightly more expensive than its current main compeitior Shimano. However, as of mid-2007, some Shimano Dura-ace components are slightly more expensive than Campagnolo Record."

Given that the price is slightly higher or lower depending on when and where you look, in my opinion, these sentences should not be included in the article, especially the leading paragraph. It is sufficient to state that Campagnolo's primary competitor is Shimano. RosinDebow 02:44, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Planned Obsolescence[edit]

Planned obsolescence (also called built-in obsolescence or premature obsolescence) in industrial design and economics is a policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so that it becomes obsolete (i.e., unfashionable, or no longer functional) after a certain period of time.[1] The rationale behind this strategy is to generate long-term sales volume by reducing the time between repeat purchases (referred to as "shortening the replacement cycle"). I recommend that the policy be included in this article and most other articles about the bicycle industry but in no way specific to the bicycle industry.

Other comments: Campagnolo is a manufacturer whose products are extensively unaffordable outside of the targeted (profitable) demographic. Constant changes are necessitated by marketing not by making products a.) more durable or reliably longer lasting b.) "more affordabe" This talk entry is not an opinion piece about Campagnolo with a value or moral judgement or conclusion that the company is "bad" in some way.

Tour de France winners[edit]

I have removed this table. If the intention was to list all Tour de France winners who were using Campagnolo equipment then we should say that, and we need to provide reliable sources showing that all of these riders were indeed using Campagnolo equipment. Meters (talk) 18:46, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fulcrum[edit]

Looking into Fulcrum, is they claim to be started in 2004 from there about page rather than where it is seemingly placed in 2005 in the timeline, not sure what the right way to correct this is: https://www.fulcrumwheels.com/en/fulcrum/company/about WheelsOnForks (talk) 08:30, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]