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"Campagnolo's fanatical devotion to aesthetics."
"the first year's production run was a disaster--the cable clamping mechanism would fail, and the brakes would of course stop working!"
"for some unknown reason, Campagnolo's engineers decided to use a 3.5mm screw in that spot. We dare you to try to find a 3.5mm allen key."
"They work, and they will stop you, but not with the sheer stopping power of dual pivots. We're a little nervous using them on steep, technical descents, but the style points gained by having them on the bike outweighs those concerns."
Fucking Campag lovers.. "does my hair look nice as I plough into this tree?" :-)