Campy Potenza available from Merlin

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05-13-16, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dr_lha

Yeah, I was wondering the same. One thing I would give Athena over this Potenza is that Athena was at least available an attractive silver version, for those of us who were interested in building up a more "classic" looking bike. Now the only(?) silver groupset that's available is 5800 105, an it looks butt ugly in silver (at least the crankset does). Shame.

Yeah, I was interested in Athena but only in silver. Can't seem to find it anywhere anymore. I hear the cranks are a pain, but boy they sure were pretty.

05-13-16, 04:00 PM

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Yeah, I was interested in Athena but only in silver. Can't seem to find it anywhere anymore. I hear the cranks are a pain, but boy they sure were pretty.

iirc the Veloce looked the same

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05-15-16, 03:08 PM

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Campagnolo opens more wine.

Yeah, but not optimally.

For some reason Campy uses a solid center screw (auger style) rather than the coil type; much easier to booger up a cork (and you know it will happen on a really expensive wine!)...

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