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Dunno what they say in Oz but Campy is definitely a north American thing. In 40 years of bike riding in the British Isles and Europe I've never heard anything but Campag! And it shows where the EPS market mainly lies when the app is called MyCampy....!
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Just because it is/was more expensive, Italian, and in North America in the last 20 - 30 years, less common. Other brands lack this status which limits their "snob" potential.
I use it because the relative rarity does convey a higher level of exclusiveness. I get more appreciative glances when I bring my Campagnolo equipped bike out on group rides then my bikes with other groupsets. So it accomplishes what I expected. If I refused to use, let alone acknowledge the quality of other brands, that would indeed make me a campy snob.
So what of it? Some people cling to brands as part of their personal identity or personal "brand". You literally hear people say "I'm a Campy guy". And part of that involves rejecting the competition. It can be very satisfying and fulfilling for some and shouldn't be looked down upon. It's part of typical consumer behviour. Superficial in-and-of itself perhaps, but not an impediment to an idividual having other more substantive values. Love your Campy if you must.
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In Australia we call it “Campafuginyolo” most of the time, it rolls off the tongue at lot easier for our native Stralyin speakersliam7020 wrote:Dunno what they say in Oz but Campy is definitely a north American thing. In 40 years of bike riding in the British Isles and Europe I've never heard anything but Campag! And it shows where the EPS market mainly lies when the app is called MyCampy....!
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Campag is decidedly British. I only hear this diminutive used there.
Campy was indeed used by Campagnolo itself through the years, but not recently to my knowledge.
Campagnolo is snobby because it is functional art, where as other brands (e.g. Shimano) may be more viewed as purely functional.
And then there is SRAM, which is basically the pimply, ginger cousin most people try to ignore at family gatherings. (<-- comments like this are another reason why Campagnolo loyalists are considered snobs.)
Campy was indeed used by Campagnolo itself through the years, but not recently to my knowledge.
Campagnolo is snobby because it is functional art, where as other brands (e.g. Shimano) may be more viewed as purely functional.
And then there is SRAM, which is basically the pimply, ginger cousin most people try to ignore at family gatherings. (<-- comments like this are another reason why Campagnolo loyalists are considered snobs.)
Yep. Over here "Campy" is what it's called almost exclusively.
The way our slang goes, it could also easily have been: Camp-o or Camp-ah.
My FD alignment tool is labelled Campy. Pretty sure I saw a prototype hydraulic Campagnolo groupset labelled "Campy" as well.
They use it now, quite extensively.Stolichnaya wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:30 amCampy was indeed used by Campagnolo itself through the years, but not recently to my knowledge.
Nope. Not us.
We shorten words and then put "o" at the end of it.
e.g.
Service station (where you buy petrol) becomes 'servo'
Bottle shop (buy grog or liquor for you Americans) becomes 'bottle o'
Housing trust tenants (those that get subsidised housing) baecome 'houso's'
Ad infinitim
Sure, but there's also barbie (BBQ), Brizzie (Brisbane), breckie (breakfast), stubby (bottle beer), bikie (motorcyclist)... But yeah, I guess it should be Campo down under.
The operative word in this discussion is "snob". There's "gear snobs" in everything. Personally, I can't stand them, skiied with a couple guys extensively for a couple years and on the lifts it was just this endless blah blah blah about whose boots were better and whose skis were better and finally I never did anything with them again because of it. But it sure drives sales, I guess.
The operative word in this discussion is "snob". There's "gear snobs" in everything. Personally, I can't stand them, skiied with a couple guys extensively for a couple years and on the lifts it was just this endless blah blah blah about whose boots were better and whose skis were better and finally I never did anything with them again because of it. But it sure drives sales, I guess.
I love the hood shape, levers and the aesthetics of the cranks and a few other bits. And the old fashioned racing car bang of the gear change on mechanical (when it works). Their wheels are the best on the market.
The point made earlier that Campo/Campy/Campag/Camp-peen-now-looo riders are suspected by many others to be snobs (unfairly) is right. And it's straight snobbery.
The point made earlier that Campo/Campy/Campag/Camp-peen-now-looo riders are suspected by many others to be snobs (unfairly) is right. And it's straight snobbery.
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Personally i prefer SRAM. You can send me all your SRAM groupsets. I wouldn’t want you to be seen with such a low class crowd.
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Because it's a horrible mash-up of a word. Just call the thing an ergo shifter if it's Campag, an STI unit if it's Shimano, God only knows if it's Sram.
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