I guess I'm sort of odd (no surprise there)...I came of age during the late c-record ere - a few years after the switch to shimano had begun. It was well accepted that Campy was a dinosaur and Shimatour was the future. You rarely saw campy then, outside of catalogues - even Colnagos were being sold with Shimano groups in the shops.

I grew up believing Shimano was better - and only learned otherwise by using more stuff and borrowing some bikes with Campy. I had a bias against Campy - and their superior performance and value won me over. It wasn't until I caught the vintage bug hanging out here that I got into the older stuff - and fell in love. It was campy ergo that made me a convert.