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Campagnolo: what it makes and how it fits
Campagnolo is one of the drivetrain makers whose cranks, bottom brackets and complete road groupsets appear across the bikes this site covers.
About Campagnolo
Campagnolo is an Italian manufacturer of high-end bicycle components with headquarters in Vicenza, Italy. The components are organised as groupsets (gruppi), 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.
Campagnolo is based in Vicenza; founded in 1933; founded by Tullio Campagnolo.
What this means for fitment
For choosing parts, what matters is the interface Campagnolo uses, not the brand name. Match the crank spindle to your frame's bottom bracket shell, and the headset or seatpost to the frame's own standard, then pick the Campagnolo part that fits that standard.
The fitment tool starts from your frame's shell or crank spindle and returns the exact bottom bracket to buy, whether the part drops in, needs a specific bearing or needs an adapter.
Common fitment questions
The usual question with Campagnolo parts is whether a crank will fit a given shell. A crank fits a shell only through a bottom bracket built for both, so identify the shell standard first, then choose the Campagnolo compatible bottom bracket for it.
Where a crank spindle and a shell are not a native pair, a reducer or conversion bottom bracket may bridge them, which the fitment tool flags on the relevant pages.
The second question is whether the shell width matters. It does: a road shell and a mountain shell of the same standard take different bottom bracket widths, so a Campagnolo bottom bracket is chosen by both the shell standard and its width. Measure the shell face to face before ordering, and confirm the crank spindle diameter stamped on the axle or listed in the part number.
None of this changes the crank itself. The crank stays the same part across every compatible frame, and only the bottom bracket that carries it into the shell changes with the frame's standard.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Vicenza |
| Founded | 1933 |
Structured facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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Sources: Campagnolo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA) ยท Park Tool: Bottom Bracket Standards