Originally Posted by
chaadster
The only reason Campagnolo are in trouble is because they don't much OE presence, and the reason they don't have OE presence is because virtually all bike production has left Europe and gone to Asia.
I have seen this comment a few times over the last handful of years.
Are components unable to go from Europe to Asia? Of course components can go from Europe to Asia.
And even if it is less convenient, the big issue is that Campy doesn't even offer entry level components or mid. All the bikes spec'd with Claris, Sora, Tiagra, Cues, Apex, Microshift Sword, etc aren't even able to have a Campy option.
Campy chose to leave the entry market. You can't spec product that doesn't exist.