It's Campag not Campy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heckler1974

How very dare you, I enjoy riding my spesh, when I'm not riding on the spesh bus.

Mind you I did have to google the pronunciation of 'Roubaix' before I made a knob of myself in LBS when I asked to see one.

jrduquemin

Campag :-D

lfcquin

I thought it was pronounced shi-ma-no :roll:

I'll get my coat...

de_sisti

I'm sure some Brits will start using Campy instead of Campag just to annoy the OP. :twisted:

fast as fupp

lfcquin wrote:

I thought it was pronounced shi-ma-no :roll:

I'll get my coat...

you spelt FEE-SHING TAH-KEL wrong there,lid!

Chip \'oyler

Do you think poor old Tulio Campagnolo froze his tits off on a snowy mountain pass whilst struggling with getting his punctured wheel off and coming up with a quick release invention for people to call his company 'Campy'?

The poor fella will be spinning in his grave

symo

Chip \'oyler wrote:

Do you think poor old Tulio Campagnolo froze his tits off on a snowy mountain pass whilst struggling with getting his punctured wheel off and coming up with a quick release invention for people to call his company 'Campy'?

The poor fella will be spinning in his grave

Especially if he saw Japanese quality control.

jrduquemin

Rich K47 wrote:

While we're at it can we pronounce a Fatwa on people calling Specialized bikes 'Spesh'..... Crap bikes, worse abbreviation

Nowt wrong with Spesh bikes (awaiting suicide death squad), I have 4 :-D

nicensleazy

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crown_jewel

The sign doesn't say Campag. hmm.

DavidBelcher

hopper1 wrote:

Higs wrote:

What colour are aluminium Campy parts?

Higs wrote:

Are they grey?

Fixed that for you

EDIT= Sneaky...

Fixed the other bit of that sentence, too.

David

Sparklehorse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campag_Velocet

Anonymous

You just don't get this with Shimano. I love Shimano. Much better than Campy. :twisted:

spanielsson

I think you will find Campagnolo even call it Campy.


Have a look at the screen shot:

dennisn

spanielsson wrote:

I think you will find Campagnolo even call it Campy.


Have a look at the screen shot:

Good one. That had to hurt.

lfcquin

dmclite wrote:

You just don't get this with Shimano. I love Shimano. Much better than Campy. :twisted:

YES YES YES, That's what I was saying. Nothing like a good bit of fishing tackle. Who cares if its Campy, Campag, Campagnolo eh?

Sorry, I left my gloves. I'm off again....

crown_jewel

Now I guess we'll be told Campagnolo have no style. I think this is much ado about nothing.

Anonymous

lfcquin wrote:

dmclite wrote:

You just don't get this with Shimano. I love Shimano. Much better than Campy. :twisted:

YES YES YES, That's what I was saying. Nothing like a good bit of fishing tackle. Who cares if its Campy, Campag, Campagnolo eh?

Sorry, I left my gloves. I'm off again....

Campag, campy, campagnolo, sounds like pasta, over rated Italian plastic with clunky bts. Whereas you have precision Shimano, no contest.
And Shimano sounds a bit Ninja or warrior like. Campagnolo sounds like a limp village in the tirol with 1 donkey.

spanielsson

I thought Shimano was the Japanese word for "Rice cooker spares".

rake

Anonymous

spanielsson wrote:

I thought Shimano was the Japanese word for "Rice cooker spares".

nah, its Japanese for, "Beat italian gimmick/cowards in war componentry in honourable fashion".

hopper1

DavidBelcher wrote:

hopper1 wrote:

Higs wrote:

What colour are aluminium Campag parts?

Higs wrote:

Are they grey?

Fixed that for you

EDIT= Sneaky...

Fixed the other bit of that sentence, too.

David

Oops, I was sidetracked by the poor spelling, and missed the obvious :shock: :shock:

hopper1

Personally, I have both SRAM and Shimano.
I much prefer the SRAM kit.
Campagnolo is a non starter for me, until they get rid of those thumb operated ERGOlevers! :shock: :shock: :shock:


Pure shite!

daviesee

hopper1 wrote:

Personally, I have both SRAM and Shimano.
I much prefer the SRAM kit.
Campagnolo is a non starter for me, until they get rid of those thumb operated ERGOlevers! :shock: :shock: :shock:


Pure shite!

Funny,

The thumb operated levers are what sold it to me

If we all liked the same there would be no competition, and that wouldn't be good.

Roll on the "there is no competition" comments :roll:

RyanB

Or you could always consider sitting on the toilet for a good hour or so. Y'know. Really let that sphincter unclench itself.

Anonymous

daviesee wrote:

hopper1 wrote:

Personally, I have both SRAM and Shimano.
I much prefer the SRAM kit.
Campagnolo is a non starter for me, until they get rid of those thumb operated ERGOlevers! :shock: :shock: :shock:


Pure shite!

Funny,

The thumb operated levers are what sold it to me

If we all liked the same there would be no competition, and that wouldn't be good.

Roll on the "there is no competition" comments :roll:

Then you could have saved a packet and bought Sora ;D

singlespeedexplosif

spanielsson wrote:

I think you will find Campagnolo even call it Campy.


Have a look at the screen shot:

ah...a dead giveaway. Note the context it's used in. Clever marketing. As well as proper cyclists, they're even trying to appeal to the yoof and/or the slightly simple.

Well, not to get too far into this pursefight. We americans got it from the Italians who say "compi".
See, 'compi' is acceptable. It sounds so much better than 'campy'. But then, that's the Americans for you...take something which works well, change it slightly, and ruin it.

hopper1

NapoleonD wrote:

daviesee wrote:

hopper1 wrote:

Personally, I have both SRAM and Shimano.
I much prefer the SRAM kit.
Campagnolo is a non starter for me, until they get rid of those thumb operated ERGOlevers! :shock: :shock: :shock:


Pure shite!

Funny,

The thumb operated levers are what sold it to me

If we all liked the same there would be no competition, and that wouldn't be good.

Roll on the "there is no competition" comments :roll:

Then you could have saved a packet and bought Sora ;D

+1....

I'm loving this thread