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11-21-17, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by FBinNY

This is peak time for OEM sales, and I suspect that Campagnolo is focusing on meeting commitments for their bike company clients rather than the after market.

When an OEM supplier fails to deliver or delivers late it can shut down production, and bike makers don't forgive that easily.

Thanks for the reply. I didn’t know that and hadn’t considered it. Campagnolo is teeny-tiny compared to Shimano, I know, so I can imagine that even relatively small OEM calls are likely to have these kinds of follow-on effects in the consumer market.

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