Looking for info please

[Welshphil]

Cool! Another Campione.

This means I get to show off mine, a "Corsa Sportivo".

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The problem with brand names like this it is nigh impossible to find any useful information on the internet.

Nice bike, I agree, that's why i decided to tap into the knowledge of you guys

 

[Welshphil]

Is that a stopwatch on the handlebar stem?…proper old school

It is indeed, he was knocked off his bike in 1990 so the bike wasn't used after that, it was wrapped up and stored in his attic until I got it down yesterday

 

[bikeworkshop]

It is indeed, he was knocked off his bike in 1990 so the bike wasn't used after that, it was wrapped up and stored in his attic until I got it down yesterday

Timewarp!

 

[Welshphil]

Very nice. Made by some Italian-obsessed Belgians, I guess. What’s the tubing used on yours?

Could you ask that using idiot proof terms please, I know nothing about bikes

 

[sjcprojects]

Could you ask that using idiot proof terms please, I know nothing about bikes

Ah, I was asking @non-fixie about his bike. His looks to have a tube manufactures sticker on it, whilst yours doesn’t, actually, so that might remain a mystery with yours.

It will be nice to see it complete again. Do you have any particular plans for it?

 

[Welshphil]

Ah, I was asking @non-fixie about his bike. His looks to have a tube manufactures sticker on it, whilst yours doesn’t, actually, so that might remain a mystery with yours.

It will be nice to see it complete again. Do you have any particular plans for it?

As a non-rider myself I guess it'll go up for sale. There was Dave Russell bike up there as well so i'll need to get that down and have a good look.

 

[chickendrumsticks]

There'll be plenty of interest in the Dave Russell too...

 

[non-fixie]

Very nice. Made by some Italian-obsessed Belgians, I guess. What’s the tubing used on yours?

No idea of the tubing used, but given its 26.2mm seatpost diameter it won't be anything special.

What may look like a tubing manufacturer's decal from a distance is actually a rather generic sticker:

During the seventies and eighties frames like this were made in large quantities by Belgian manufacturers like Vaneenooghe in Ruiselede, Dija in Pittem and Martens in Zwevezele. Most were delivered as painted but otherwise unbranded frames to bike shops in Belgium and Holland which would brand them as their own, or with generic decal sets, naming them "Record", "Sprint" or - indeed - "Campione".

Flandria and Superia were also known to supply blank frames, and it may be that they applied those generic decals themselves, but I've never heard of Campione being an official sub-brand of Flandria. Also, my Campione does not look like the typical Flandria-built frame.