Timeline (Bicycle Parts)
1901 Tullio Campagnolo is born on 26 August in the eastern suburbs of Vicenza, Italy
1922 Tullio Campagnolo begins his racing career
1930 Campagnolo patents the quick-release hub
1933 After fabricating parts in the backroom of his father's hardware store, Tullio starts Campagnolo SPA with production of the quick-release hub
1940 Tullio hires his first full-time employee. The derailleur enters production, enabling gears to change without removing the wheel. The pieces are handmade
1949 Campagnolo introduces a parallelogram rear derailleur, the Gran Sport
1956 Campagnolo introduces a parallelogram front derailleur
1963 The Record rear derailleur (chromed bronze) is introduced
1966 The Nuovo Record rear derailleur is introduced. Eddy Merckx uses it for his first four Tour de France victories
1973 The Super Record Road and Track groups are introduced.
1983 Tullio Campagnolo dies on 3 February
1985 Campagnolo creates Delta brakes, with a parallelogram linkage to actuate the calipers.
1986 The re-designed Record road and track groupsets (also known as C-Record) are introduced, replacing Super Record as the top of range
1987 The last year of Super Record until 2008
1989 Campagnolo introduces a mountain bike groupset, which is heavier and less advanced than those by Shimano and SunTour.
1992 The ErgoPower levers are introduced, which combines brake lever and a shift lever to answer Shimano's STI levers
1993 Delta brakes are discontinued
1994 Campagnolo leaves the mountain bike components business
1995 Group names on components are introduced
1997 9-speed shifting components are introduced
1998 Next generation Ergo Levers, last year of Daytona group
1999 Record Carbon Ergo levers, Daytona group, and for the Record, Chorus and Daytona groups new hubs (much lighter than the old ones, axles made of aluminum alloy) are introduced
2000 10-speed shifting is introduced
2001 Carbon-fiber shifting levers for Record group, former Daytona group is now called "Centaur"
2004 Carbon-fiber cranks for Record and Chorus groups
2005 10-speed Centaur and Chorus shift and brake levers are introduced for flat bar road bikes
2006 Hollow external bearing crankset is announced
2007 10-speed Mirage and Xenon component groups and new Ultra-Torque components are introduced. Record hubs are now black, 20 g lighter and don't have greaseports any more
2008 11-speed Record, Super-Record, and Chorus groups are introduced
2009 Re-introduction of 11-speed Athena component group below Chorus in product line
2011 First electric 11-speed Super-Record group to be used at the Tour De France by Team Movistar
Fulcrum Wheels, a company owned by Campagnolo, produces wheelsets compatible with Campagnolo and Shimano cassettes.
The ErgoBrain cyclocomputer compatible with the Ergo shifters displays cadence, gear, and the normal functions of a cyclocomputer.
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