The Cambio Corsa (translation: race changer) is the new name for sliding hub, dual seatstay rod operated, back pedal derailleur later referred to in Italian as the due leve (translation: two lever) when the una leve (translation: single lever) race changer is introduced in 1949. The first official Campagnolo logo: the winged wheel highlighting the quick release, a component that remains today the universal standard. Tullio Campagnolo hires his first fulltime employee, Enrico Piccolo. The first advertisement for the Cambio "CAMPAGNOLO" appears in Gazzetta dello Sport. The slogan becomes "Senza attriti e senza rumore" (i.e., Friction-free and noise-free). The pre-WWII version is a 3-speed using a 1/8 inch chain. Later, the official corporate name becomes Campagnolo Brevetti Internazionali SpA (translation: Campagnolo International Patents Incorporated).Ĭambio a bacchetta (translation: rod changer) or Cambio "CAMPAGNOLO" is the name used for sliding hub, dual seatstay rod operated, back pedal derailleur. Fratelli Brivio of Brescia (F.B.) becomes the subcontractor for the parts and supplier of the three-piece (steel barrel with aluminum flanges) hubs. The prototype axle has 18 teeth instead of the 8 teeth of the final version and the dropout has 40 teeth instead of the 17 teeth of the final version. The pieces of the prototype derailleur are all handmade requiring a massive investment of time and labor. The sliding hub, dual seatstay rod operated, back pedal derailleur (cambio prototype) is patented on May 4th and introduced in August. with the production of the quick release hub.
automated wingnuts or, as we now know it, the quick release.įebruary 8th, the quick release hub is patented, the first of more than 135 patents for Tullio Campagnolo.Īfter fabricating parts in the backroom of his father's hardware store (Corsa Padova 101, Vincenza), Tullio starts Campagnolo, S.r.l. "Bisogna cambià qualcossa de drio.". "Something needs to be changed in the rear." He vows to invent a product that will eliminate this problem: the creation of galletti automatici.
November 11th, Tullio Campagnolo's frozen hands can't loosen the wingnuts of his wheel to flip it over to a different sprocket during the Gran Premio della Vittoria race across snowy Croce d'Aune Pass (he finishes fourth). Tullio Campagnolo begins his amateur racing career (with Veloce Club Vicenza on a Cicli Aliprandi) that lasts until 1930. A history of Campagnolo from 1901 to 1987.Īugust 26th, Gentullio (Tullio) Campagnolo is born to Valentino Campagnolo and Elisa Paiusco in Vicenza.
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