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Richard
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| joxster wrote: |
But what do they know, they don't even report any cycling.  |
well they do actually, there's a big 4 page/ 7 picture report on a winter training ride that was GPS measured to 100 miles. This ahead of such articles on Wiggins/Wyman/Southam.
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joxster
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Richard wrote: |
| joxster wrote: |
| But what do they know, they don't even report any cycling. |
well they do actually, there's a big 4 page/ 7 picture report on a winter training ride that was GPS measured to 100 miles. This ahead of such articles on Wiggins/Wyman/Southam. |
Sounds like quality reading, is the paper matt or shiney 
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Richard
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| joxster wrote: |
| Sounds like quality reading, is the paper matt or shiney |
well the write-up on www.hilly23.com on p60 is worth the £2.20 on it's own but the rest of it may be used for toiletry duties in the future
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| I call it sh!t. |
No Adam Tranter, you are *CENSORED*!!!
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BigRobJef
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| We know that TSB voted for Campy who are the other 2?????? |
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Emyr42
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| there's four of the fools now... |
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John McC
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| there's four of the fools now... |
But they have lost their deposit
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Big-C
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| John McC wrote: |
| Emyr42 wrote: |
| there's four of the fools now... |
But they have lost their deposit |
Ha Ha
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jdhtejas
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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it is CAMPAG and its far better than shimano.
BTW don't the yanks call it campy, not campie s in campyonly.com |
You know, as a "Yank" I can't really give insight on the spelling...perhaps as TrackSprinterBabe puts it, it has always been "Campie" and not "Campy". Then again, perhaps we knew that and are just too lazy to type the "ie" when we can just type the "y". |
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Tony Bell
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When I was fifteen, my mate's non-cycling dad used to call it something else, usually along the lines of 'No, I'm not buying you all that Campagny stuff you keep going on about.'
Poor Dil. He never did get a Campag throughout bike.  |
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Adam
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TommieB
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: From the early 80's |
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Having started racing in 1980 with a training partner from England I was taught by him that is was "campy" since that is what we all rode back then. Hard habit to break but I think it is instilled enough for me to continue with that spelling------and as I am able to have Campy 10 Speed on one bike and Dura Ace on the other I am happy with any and all spellings----just let me ride them and I am happy !!!!
Of course, send over a set of high end Campagnolo and I will spell it in what ever fashion that makes you guys happy !!!!
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Fluffy
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BigRobJef
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I thought in France they call it Campa for short them having difficulty with their 'g's and all.
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gswarbrick
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought in France they call it Campa for short them having difficulty with their 'g's and all. |
Well, given that the correct pronunciation is close to Cam-pan-yolo, 'Campag' doesn't make any sense at all...
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eastway82
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Campagnolo - with a hard 'g' if you're an anglophone.
Campag - for short, in the UK anyway, probably nowhere else. Had never even heard the abomination that is 'Campy' until a couple of years ago.
Campa - for short in much of Europe, and definitely in France (pronounced compa). Have never, ever heard Campy in France except for Ebay chancers trying to sell to the US and Japan.
Campagnola - if you're an illiterate idiot. Fortunately there's no shortage of these, which means a succession of ill-listed bargains on Ebay. |
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gswarbrick
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| Campagnolo - with a hard 'g' if you're an anglophone |
The thing is, though, it isn't actually bliss.
Quite why 99% of Brits can manage a passable pronunciation of lasagna, yet a sizeable minority will order taggliatelly as an alternative is a mystery. But either way, I can't remember the last time I heard anyone say Cam-pagg-nolo...
I do know one person who seems to think that the Tour of Italy is sponsored by the former provider of benefit cheques...
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Patrick
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| god's sake, two year old thread. |
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Cippo
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe some european languages pronounce it in a funny way, rendering the G mute.... |
European languages such as Italian, for example javascript:emoticon('')
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Campie just sounds wrong (and American), but it's actually closer to the mark than "campag" - which doesn't make sense as the gn is pronounced together like a single letter in Italian (think "Gnochhi")
I vote the 3rd option - "Campa", as used on the continent. |
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