Anything other than Campag - What do you think?

Sundaycyclist
Sundaycyclist Posts: 53
edited October 2008 in The bottom bracket
Italian frames with anything other than Campag just dont look right. Is it a sin or is it safe?
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  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Depends. Which Italian frame do you mean, or are you just trying to start an argument?
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    I have a decaddi ribble carbon frame with 105 in black on it and it looks fab - its the bike darth vadar would ride !

    dont understand your question
  • Sundaycyclist
    Sundaycyclist Posts: 53
    Why do people think things like this are meant to start an argument? ALL Italian frames look ridiculous with anything but Campag on them - just my opinion - not a law. I'm interested to know how many others think it's a sin. I've rephrased the question so that it's unambiguous.
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    northernneil wrote:
    I have a decaddi ribble carbon frame with 105 in black on it and it looks fab - its the bike darth vadar would ride !

    dont understand your question

    That's a Taiwanese frame then.......... :wink:
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  • pdstsp
    pdstsp Posts: 1,264
    Very very boring
  • Ash_
    Ash_ Posts: 385
    edited October 2008
    Put what you want on whatever bike you want.

    As for Italian bikes having to have Italian components - why?

    I dare say quite a few of us make our component choices at least in part on price. Ernesto Colnago does the same, which is why his stock bikes come Shimano-shod these days (although they're mostly made in Taiwan anyway...)

    I even think Italian bikes with Shimano components have enough heritage to be acceptable these days anyway, think back to the Mapei team of the mid-90s who could win whatever race they turned up to (apart from the Tour). The likes of Rominger, Museew, Ballerini, Tafi, Olano, Bortolami, Camenzind, Bartoli, Tonkov and several others seemed to do OK on Italian Frames with Japanese bits.

    Though on the other hand, there is something quite pleasing, traditional and 'right' about an all-italian bike...

    In fact, now that I think about it, is an all-Italian bike the only single nationality construction available?
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    chriskempton wrote:
    Depends. Which Italian frame do you mean, or are you just trying to start an argument?

    And you could plump for a Miche/Tiso/Modolo mix instead, without straying from the overall "Italian" theme!

    David
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  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    which frames are actually completely produced in Italy, just curious, cheers
    P.s who cares, really?Does look nicer with campag but not many people will notice so why spend the extra?
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    The kind of people who wouldn't notice aren't bothering with. So that's why you should spend the extra :D
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Some people are snobs, some aren't. Since what you put on your bike is, in any concrete terms, utterly irrelevant, then all it comes down to is whether you're pretentious enough to think it matters :)
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  • synchronicity
    synchronicity Posts: 1,415
    biondino wrote:
    Some people are snobs, some aren't. Since what you put on your bike is, in any concrete terms, utterly irrelevant, then all it comes down to is whether you're pretentious enough to think it matters :)

    But we can't help being snobs. Honest! :lol:
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