page_title: Campagnolo
section_title: Timeline (Bicycle Parts)
hierarchical_section_title: Campagnolo / Timeline (Bicycle Parts)
caption_attribution_description: English: Campagnolo Super Record road racing rear derailleur from 1983.
context_page_description: Campagnolo is an Italian manufacturer of bicycle components with headquarters in Vicenza, Italy. The components are organised as groupsets, and are a near-complete collection of a bicycle's mechanical parts. Campagnolo's flagship components are the Super Record, Record, and Chorus groupsets with all three representing their recent shift to 12-speed drivetrains. Super Record and Record are the top groupsets, followed by Chorus, Potenza, Centaur and Veloce. Campagnolo also produces aluminum and carbon wheels, as well as other components.
context_section_description: 1901Tullio Campagnolo 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. Learn more about the Super Record Road group.;
  1983
  Tullio Campagnolo dies on 3 February. Anniversary groupset to mark 50 years of Campagnolo bicycle parts.
  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.
  1991
  8-speed shifting components are introduced
  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
  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
  2002
  Former Daytona group is renamed "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 Athena as an 11-speed component group below Chorus in product line
  2011
  First electric 11-speed Super Record group was used at the Tour de France by Team Movistar
  2013
  80th anniversary groupset made.
  2014
  Super Record RS groupset introduced following input from professional team riders.
  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.
  2015
  Athena EPS discontinued and Chorus EPS introduced.
  Chorus, Record and Super Record groupsets are overhauled with a 4 arm, 8 bolt chainset introduced.
  Bora 50 and 35 wheels become available in Clincher and adopt a wider rim profile.
  2015
  Potenza group is introduced.
  2017
  Centaur group reintroduced as Campagnolo's least expensive 11-speed group.
  2018
  12-speed Super Record and Record mechanical groups are introduced.
  Bora WTO (Wind Tunnel Optimized) wheels are introduced.
  2019
  12-speed Super Record EPS, and mechanical 12-speed Chorus groups are introduced. Chorus will have an 11-34 cassette option and a 96/123 mm BCD with sub-compact 48/32 gearing available.
caption: Campagnolo Super Record 1983 rear derailleur
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