Campag or campy

suze

Was doing ok with cycling Plus this month, till I got to the Paul Smith article testing the camagnolo centaur Ct 2008.....Then the alarm bells rang at the second part of the title,,..

"Campy's groupset updated"

Is this magazine aimed at the US market. As we know they use the term Campy when refering to campagnolo.....In the UK campag is the only term i've ever heard in over 30 years or riding. Besides campy is so naff sounding, almost as bad as shimano.


It's Campag, always has been and always will be.....

I'd rather walk than ride shimano.

tatanab

Campag. It is the usual British abbreviation which I have certainly used since the 1960s.

Campy is the American abbreviation. Unfortunately we have a whole generation who eat/drink/seem to think American. So we hear a lot of "Campy" in this country.

If, and only if, C+ regards itself as an international magazine then the term "Campy" may be used if, and only if, that term is internationally more recognised than Campag.

wildmoustache

campag. but usually campagnolo. campy sounds camp

tardington

We don't like Shimano?

The long form is cam-pag-nyolo to pronounce, isn't it?

So campag is the proper abreviation, surely?

suze

It's got to be campag...

We have too much C*** from the US as it is without adopting the shortcomings of their language.

ivancarlos

'Campy' is Campylobacter

ddraver

sorry guys but who really cares.......as americanisation goes i think thats a pretty minor one

Rob Sallnow

suze wrote:

I'd rather walk than ride shimano.

BREACH OF COPYRIGHT!!!!!

That'll be £5.00 please 8)

Rob Sallnow

Talking of copyright....I think the Americans have a little help from Campagnolo in making them think it's Campy rather than Campag because they have copyrighted this logo...

PhilofCas

another vote for Campag here

vermooten

Another one. My winter bike has Veloce components on it, which I pronounce

vel-och-ay

as does the guy in the bike shop I bought it from. It's probably how it's pronounced in Italian. But people in other bike shops pronounce it

vel-oss

By using the Italian version, am I just being a middle class twat?

Rob Sallnow

vermooten wrote:

By using the Italian version, am I just being a middle class twat?

No.

ivancarlos

Vel-oss is for thickos. Vel-och-ay is proper. I would still rather have Shimano than Campylobacter though :P

vermooten

Indeed I've converted to Shimano, despite Ken Night arching his eyebrow at this policy decision. I prefer the click-click of the 21st century to the jammed clutch of a 1930s tractor.

ColinJ

tardie wrote:

The long form is cam-pag-nyolo to pronounce, isn't it?

So campag is the proper abreviation, surely?

On my Stars and Water Carriers video the announcer at the stage start in one Italian town calls up riders from the Bianchi-Campagnolo team. I'm sure he pronounces the name as cam-pan-yolo. I can't check at the moment because I've switched over to DVD and my VCR has been mothballed.

Also - Bianchi is pronounced as bee-an-kee not bee-an-chee!

ColinJ

vermooten wrote:

Another one. My winter bike has Veloce components on it, which I pronounce

vel-och-ay

If that is och as in crotch I think you are correct. If it is och as in Loch Ness I think you are wrong .

redddraggon

ColinJ wrote:

I'm sure he pronounces the name as cam-pan-yolo.

Yeh the gn letters give a sort of ny sound. Like the place name Bologna is pronounced Bolonya rather bo log na

Rob Sallnow

ColinJ wrote:

I'm sure he pronounces the name as cam-pan-yolo.

Also - Bianchi is pronounced as bee-an-kee not bee-an-chee!

Indeed they are.

Now....Croce d'Aune anyone!?

oldwelshman

What a sad post, who gives a shiit what is is called?
maybe I should call my gs shimmy?

vermooten

I think I feel more comfortable saying Campag than Campy. Campy is a bit too Graham Norton.

Ken Night

oldwelshman wrote:

, who gives a shiit what is is called?
maybe I should call my gs shimmy?

If you don't, you should, it'd be entirely appropriate

Ken Night

vermooten wrote:

Indeed I've converted to Shimano, despite Ken Night arching his eyebrow at this policy decision. I prefer the click-click of the 21st century to the jammed clutch of a 1930s tractor.

I can't believe no-one has risen to this, and I'm not going to give you the satisfaction

Special K

This is a debate we must have.

Especially agree about the correct pronounciation of Veloce. You should correct those cretins in the bike shop, they'll thank you for it in the end. After all they wouldn't get away with calling Shimano 105: "Shy-may-noh one hundred and five" would they?

Smokin Joe

Bloody Americans.

Shoe plates became cleats, wired-ons became clinchers, tubs became sew ups and they even think a fanny is somebodies ar$e.

OffTheBackAdam

Of course it's Campag!, campy is a reference to Graham Norton!

wildmoustache

Smokin Joe wrote:

Bloody Americans.

and they even think a fanny is somebodies ar$e.

you mean it isn't? :oops:

bagpusscp

Male term = Campag.
Female term =Campy.
Which proves all yanks are a load of big girls .

giant_man

Definitely Campag, Campy just sounds silly

Ste_S

vermooten wrote:

Indeed I've converted to Shimano, despite Ken Night arching his eyebrow at this policy decision. I prefer the click-click of the 21st century to the jammed clutch of a 1930s tractor.

I was surprised to find that they still sold bikes with Campag stuff on the other day, I thought everyone had moved on.

rparkes

ivancarlos wrote:

I would still rather have Shimano than Campylobacter though :P

Theres no accounting for taste! :roll:

PhilofCas

Ste_S wrote:

vermooten wrote:

Indeed I've converted to Shimano, despite Ken Night arching his eyebrow at this policy decision. I prefer the click-click of the 21st century to the jammed clutch of a 1930s tractor.

I was surprised to find that they still sold bikes with Campag stuff on the other day, I thought everyone had moved on.

o yes, why ditch a winning formula, yer can keep yer Shi*mano