Originally Posted by
halfspeed
Unfortunately, I don't see this happening. The last time Shimano made a tentative step towards a better spline pattern, on DA wheels, customers flipped out when they found out they couldn't run Ultegra cassettes on them. At some point, they have to do something to fix the problems, but it won't be a smooth trip to get there.
i completely agree with you. i just think it would be smart long term.
Originally Posted by
triumph.1
Probably not. It doesn't matter people will still buy it like people buy everything. It's all rather boring anyway..................
no, it really is different than many chinese/taiwanese comparisons. look at the schwinn example. they outsourced their production to giant and this allowed giant to become a big player in the market. (and where is schwinn today) campagnolo owns their factory in romania. this allows them to control the production, quality, and best practices. campagnolo will build and perfect a process in italy and then teach it to campagnolo employees in romania. it is nothing more than an extension of the italian factory.
edit: as noted before, proximity is also very important. campagnolo executives and engineers can access the romanian facility with ease. in manufacturing this is very valuable (i work for a company that owns several global locations)