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  • 1898 Amelia Campagnolo is born
  • 1901 August 26 Tullio Campagnolo is born in Vicenza
  • 1921-1930 Tullio Campagnolo's amateur racing career
  • 1930 February 8th, the quick release hub is patented
  • 1933 Tullio moves his factory from the backroom of his father's hardware store founding Campagnolo S.p.A
  • 1933 Production of the quick release hub begins
  • 1943 Tullio hires his first fultime employee, Enrico Piccolo. 
  • 1943 May 4 The sliding hub, dual rod operated back pedal derailleur is patented
  • 1947 Campagnolo S.p.A begins exporting
  • 1948 'The Bicycle Thief' is released featuring several Cambio Corsa equipped racers
  • 1949 October Campagnolo introduces a dual-cabel version of the Gran Sport derailleur at the Milan trade show
  • 1950 The Gran Sport  rear derailleur with extended (long-point) outer jockey cage derailleur is introduced in Milan. Tullio Campagnolo refers to it asthe "Nuovo" Gran Sport. The Gran Sport is the first modern derailleur to be used widely in the pro peloton, and incorporated all of the features for subsequent systems until the introduction of index shifting.Campagnolo employs 123 workers.
  • 1951  After the success of Fausto Coppi in the Paris-Roubaix, Squadra Bianchi is equipped with the long-point Gran Sport derailleur system for the Giro d'Italia and subsequent races.  Gran Sport sliding rod, cable operated front derailleur, and bar end shifters are introduced.  Campagnolo introduces the last version of it's rod-shifting derailleurs.  Featuring an intricate system of levers, cams, and a ratcheting quick release,  it was far less popular than the Gran Sport and quickly dropped from the line.  
  • 1952  An updated version of the Gran Sport derailleur is introduced.
  • 1953  In August the definitive Gran Sport rear derailleur is introduced with minor changes from the 1951 model. The first Campagnolo hubs (FB-style steel barrels with alloy flanges) are introduced, in December the Sport rear derailleur with single pulley and lever operated Sport front derailleur are introduced.
  • 1956 The Gran Sport pedal (steel quill with strap loop) is introduced. In July a seat post is introduced, followed in August by the Gran Sport rear derailleur with the lower body and outer cage revised and a shallow spring cage cover. The Record parallelogram front derailleur is introduced.
  • 1958 The Record Group is introduced including: Record cotterless crankset (151mm bolt circle), Gran Sport bottom bracket, normal or large flange Record alloy one piece hubs, seat post, Gran Sport headset, Record front derailleur.  The line also includes Gran Sport gruppo is also introduced and a Gran Sport track pedal with and without teeth, and wood-boxed tool set.
  • 1961 Strada triple and Cyclocross cranksets are introduced.  Campagnolo opens a factory in Bolonga to manufacture superlight magnesium wheels for autos and motorcycles, as well as lightweight military and aerospace parts. Campagnolo becomes the first company in the world to use low-pressure magnesium casting, revolutionizing the use of this material.
  • 1963 The Record (chromed bronze) rear derailleur is introduced
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