Originally Posted by repechage

I think the article was not very well researched.

It avoids a few things, like Valentino was the manager of the C Record. And that WAS style over function.

Campagnolo was often an innovator, but not always, Valentino was too young to know that Dad had to buy the patents to the parallelogram derailleur, to get the Gran Sport done to replace the lever style shifters. Other than that they were loathe to buy patent rights, Suntour, and Look for some examples, Suntour's finally ran out, and Campagnolo finally had to buy in to the Look pedal design for a time. SGR just was not the answer, it was hubris.

Makes no mention of Fulcrum. That is potentially a significant brand and Asian source for components both current and future, (labor). And a way to get spec'd on a Shimano'ed bike.

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan and almost all I have is Campagnolo.

I am concerned about the third generation of management, Gordon Gecko was right.