More and more Hyperlon-chan appearing.
↑Don't say it like "More Wakame-chan"
It's fine to line them up and take photos,
but the card hanging from the hub body of the Campagnolo wheel
↑Since the serial numbers match,
I can't just carelessly put them back.
When I was able to read what looks like an SP code,
I suspect the information includes a serial number,
so I processed the image a bit.
A little while ago, I did what I called a "Campagnolo Backbone Explosion Sale"
with a special price sale on wheels (Bora WTO) and apparel,
but the wheels and apparel are handled by different wholesale distributors.
The wheels are through the import distributor that also handles components,
while the apparel is through the wholesaler that knows Campagnolo best in Japan.
That wholesaler that knows Campagnolo best in Japan apparently aimed for a second success,
so they started a sale with products that don't overlap at all with the previous sale,
so I decided to ride that wave too at our shop
with what we're calling the "Campagnolo Backbone Explosion Recovery Celebration Sale."
The best seller from the previous sale was
↑This wheel bag color of the Indio jersey.
Campagnolo apparel often uses element names as model names,
but this "Indio" seemed to deviate from that naming convention,
so I looked it up and found that it doesn't mean Indian or Native American in English,
but rather it's just that the Italian spelling of the element Indium (indium)
happens to be "indio" — so it was indeed an element-based name after all.
One of the jerseys in this sale,
the Cobalt jersey's
wheel bag color.
The regular price is 15,180 yen.
In the previous sale (→here)
there was a jersey called the Palladium jersey that didn't have a mesh back (※) and was slightly loose-fitting.
※But the fabric itself is very thin,
so the Palladium jersey is actually the coolest jersey
Separate from that, as a racer-oriented jersey series with cutting designed
for forward-lean position and air resistance,
from highest to lowest retail price including tax:
Neon jersey 21,450 yen
Ossieno jersey 18,480 yen (Ossieno means oxygen)
Indio jersey 14,850 yen
These were the three models.
↑This is the wheel bag color of the Indio jersey.
Three images back was a quote from the previous article,
and the dark blue of the torso appears in an unusually dark color,
while this one shows a lighter color than what the eye sees in person.
Size M is completely sold out,
and I couldn't meet the expectations of several customers,
but since I bought this L size for personal use, please forgive me.
The sleeves are made of the same mesh fabric as the torso,
with the edges stitched down.
The inside of the hem
has a velour-like band with Campagnolo lettering
stitched on as a strip.
By contrast, the Neon jersey has
back mesh that's more sheer
than the Indio jersey,
and the sleeves are made of a material that clings tightly,
like what you often see on the thigh area of racing shorts,
and the hem is also finished to cling tightly to the body,
unlike the Indio jersey.
When you get to the Ossieno jersey, which is the mid-priced model,
it has an even tighter fit only in the Neon jersey,
while the torso has the same fit as the Indio jersey,
and the velour band at the hem with Campagnolo lettering is exactly the same,
but the sleeve finishing is the same as the Neon jersey —
so it's finished as an intermediate model between the Indio and Neon in terms of construction.
In contrast, with this newly arrived Cobalt jersey,
the hem doesn't have Campagnolo lettering lined up,
but rather has the outline frame of the Campagnolo logo and dots arranged—
it's a design approach, but
like the Indio jersey, it has a velour-like band.
The white parts don't have anti-slip function.
Both the white lettering parts and the black fabric parts are smooth.
The sleeve opening is finished differently from the Neon jersey,
but it's made of a seamless stretch material.
Based on these two points, if I were to place the Cobalt jersey's finishing
within the three racer-oriented jerseys from the previous sale,
it would probably correspond to the Ossieno.
However, the regular price leans toward the Indio, and plus the wheel bag color is available.
When I stocked a mix of M and L sizes in the previous sale,
the M size moved well.
So this time I'm stocking more M sizes.
If you missed out on the M size Indio jersey in
the wheel bag color from the previous sale,
please do consider this one.
The other color of the Cobalt jersey is blue-grey.
Campagnolo apparel has had dormant periods,
and it was revived in recent years under Moasports manufacturing,
but before the dormant period, Campagnolo apparel, including racing shorts,
had an image centered around grey like this.
So some people might find it nostalgic.
Next, the Hydro jersey.
Though the true name at the manufacturer is
IDROJENO (Idrogeno) in Italian, meaning hydrogen,
apparently thinking that would be hard to understand or pronounce,
the wholesaler that knows Campagnolo best in Japan
decided to take "Hydrogen" from the English
and sell it as the Japanese name "Hydro Jersey."
The price is 200 yen higher before tax than the Cobalt jersey,
with a retail price of 15,400 yen including tax.
The hem finishing is the same as the Cobalt,
and the sleeves have the jersey fabric continuing to the edge,
then finished with stitching.
The color is divided as below chest stripe/above chest stripe
as Purple/Black,
but as for other colors,
there's what's clearly celeste, obviously targeting Bianchi riders,
Turquoise/Blue,
Orange/Black,
and what looks like it's clearly targeting Kamen Rider X fans (※)
Grey/Black — four colorway offerings.
※It probably isn't
And please don't image search for "starfish Hitler"... let's not do that!
↑Since the purple of the Purple/Black looks pink to me, I took this photo with an iPhone.
They all come out pretty close to what the naked eye sees.
It's a bit hard to see in the back,
but please also use the color in this image as a reference for
the blue-grey of the Cobalt jersey.
Next, the Quartzo jersey.
QUARTZO in Italian means QUARTZ in English,
in other words, quartz crystal.
Quartz is a crystal of silicon dioxide,
so it's not technically an "element," but we mustn't dwell on that.
It comes in two blue-based colorways,
the dark blue in the upper image is Navy,
and the light blue in the lower image is called Blue in the Japanese name.
At the manufacturer, the true color names are
dark blue as BLUE and light blue as TURQUOISE,
so when you look at the color name on the bag,
see "BLUE," and try to order the same thing,
if you tell the wholesaler "I'd like BLUE,"
there's a nonzero possibility they'll say "understood, Blue then"
and you'll receive Blue (TURQUOISE).
Though in practice orders are almost never made verbally.
The dot portions on the jersey are the Campagnolo logo.
This design apparently originated from a shirt
that Campagnolo distributed to media from various countries
when they held a new product presentation at a cycle show,
and since it was well-received, they decided to
make a jersey with that design.
The hem finishing is the same as Cobalt and Hydro,
and the sleeve finishing is the same as Hydro, and the torso and back pockets don't look different from Hydro,
so this Quartzo jersey is essentially just a color variant of the Hydro jersey.
The price is also the same as Hydro, with a retail price of 15,400 yen including tax.
Besides these, there's also
a model called the Platino jersey (meaning platinum)
that's 1,000 yen cheaper before tax than the Neon,
but at a similar retail price of 20,350 yen including tax with a fit and finishing close to the Neon,
though we don't keep it in regular stock.
Special orders are possible.
Finally, I've stocked NEW Ritec socks.
The "NEW" in the model name is to distinguish them
from the Ritec socks that existed before, which have a different price.
Before the Hyperlon Ultra DB special sale,
we did a Bora WTO special sale.
Actually, I could have included Bora Ultra WTO in the sale items back then,
but since there were several sales in the previous few months,
I thought customers would feel bad if a wheel they'd just bought came out at a discount,
so I held back.
Actually, it's been quite a while,
but these NEW Ritec socks have sales records at our shop.
So I should be mindful of the customer who bought them back then...
No way! They were so absurdly cheap
I stocked them anyway!
And I'm buying my personal pair too, so deal with it! YEAAAH!
Oh, the retail price including tax is 2,750 yen.
The color names on the bag — the true color names at the manufacturer —
come in two types: "Logo" and "Solid,"
but the toe area hidden by shoes is the same on both.
"Logo" is navy with polka dots and the Japanese name is Dot Navy,
while "Solid" is navy without polka dots and the Japanese name is Navy.
As a minor detail,
the color of the Campagnolo script logo is different on each.
Since it's hard to tell which is which from the bag's appearance,
and people often ask what Euro shoe size corresponds to
the S/M and L/XL sizes available,
I've attached individual stickers to each.
Also, 2XL size (EU 45-47) is available by special order.
In fact, with this stock arrival,
we've also received the M size Palladium jersey from the previous sale
and the XS size Blue-grey Cobalt jersey from this sale.
...The reason the special order stock for the Cobalt jersey from this sale
is already arriving is because
while this sale itself started simultaneously with the Hyperlon Ultra festival,
I didn't have time to take photos for the announcement post.
Items like the NEW Ritec socks visibly decreased
even before I could attach the price tags.
Like last time, I can't even write the sale prices for the apparel
in the usual places.
Please consider them an in-store visitor exclusive benefit.
Bonus:
This is a catalog from the first year of Campagnolo apparel launch.
The 2001 spring/summer collection,
featured the Campagnolo brand
and Alta Vista, mainly women's apparel.
↑Alta Vista looked like this
I write it as "Alta Vista" rather than "Alta Vista" because
the Japanese wholesaler at that time
spelled it as "Alta Vista."
The chest emblem being
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