The increasing Hyperon-chan collection.
↑Don't say it like "increasing wakame-chan"
It's nice to line them up and take a photo,
but the card hanging from the hub shell of the Campagnolo wheel is
↑Since the serial numbers match,
you can't just put them back randomly.
If I can read the SP code-like part,
I assume the information includes the serial number,
so I processed the image a bit.
A little while ago, we held what we called the Campagnolo Backbone Explosion Sale
with special pricing on wheels (Bora WTO) and apparel,
but the wheels and apparel come from different distributors.
The wheels are from the import distributor that handles components and such,
while the apparel is from the distributor most knowledgeable about Campagnolo in Japan.
That most-knowledgeable-in-Japan distributor, apparently trying to catch a second lucky break,
started a sale where the product lineup doesn't overlap at all with the last one,
so we decided to jump on it too and call it the Campagnolo Backbone Explosion Recovery Sale.
The item that sold best in the last sale was
↑This Indio jersey in wheel bag color.
Campagnolo apparel often names their models after elements,
but Indio seemed to break that naming convention,
so I looked it up and found that
it's not the English meaning of Indian or Indio,
but rather the Italian rendering of the element indium (indium)
just happens to be indio—so it's an element after all.
One of the jerseys in this sale,
the Cobalt Jersey,
in wheel bag color.
The regular price is ¥15,180.
In the last sale (→here)
there was a jersey called the Palladio Jersey that had no rear mesh
and was somewhat loose-fitting.
※Though the fabric itself is extremely thin,
so the Palladio Jersey is actually the coolest jersey around.
Separately from that, there's a racer-oriented jersey series
designed with forward lean and air resistance in mind,
with three models ranging from highest to lowest retail price (tax included):
Neon Jersey ¥21,450
Ossidjeno Jersey ¥18,480 (Ossidjeno means oxygen)
Indio Jersey ¥14,850
↑This is the Indio Jersey in wheel bag color.
The image three pictures back is from the previous article,
and the deep blue on the body looks extremely dark,
but this one actually looks lighter than in real life.
Size M sold out,
and we couldn't meet the expectations of several customers,
but this is L size that I bought for myself, so please forgive me.
The sleeve opening down to the wrist is the same mesh material as the body,
and the edges are sewn.
The inside of the hem area is
finished with a band of velour-like fabric with Campagnolo branding
sewn onto it.
In contrast, the Neon Jersey has
rear mesh transparency that's
even greater than the Indio Jersey,
and the sleeve opening is a material like you'd see on the thigh section of racer shorts—
tight and clingy—
and the hem is also finished tight and clingy to the body,
unlike the Indio Jersey.
With the Ossidjeno Jersey, which is the mid-priced model,
only the Neon Jersey has that extra tightness in fit;
the body has the same fit feel as the Indio Jersey,
the velour band with Campagnolo writing at the hem is identical,
but the sleeve opening is finished the same way as the Neon Jersey—
so in terms of finish, it really is a middle ground between Indio and Neon.
With the newly arrived Cobalt Jersey, though,
the hem isn't a band with Campagnolo text,
but rather a design with the outline of the Campagnolo logo
and dots arranged in a pattern—
and like the Indio Jersey, it's a velour-like band.
The white parts don't have grip function.
Both the white text areas and black fabric areas are smooth to the touch.
The sleeve opening is finished differently from the Neon Jersey,
with stretchy material that has no seams.
Based on these two points, if I were to match the Cobalt Jersey finish
to the three racer jerseys from last sale,
it would probably be closest to the Ossidjeno.
But the regular price leans toward Indio, and it comes in wheel bag color.
Last time we stocked a mix of M and L sizes,
and the M size moved best.
So this time we've ordered mostly M sizes.
If you missed out on the M size wheel bag color Indio Jersey,
please definitely consider this one.
The other Cobalt Jersey color is this blue-gray.
Campagnolo apparel has had dormant periods,
and has been revived recently with Moasports as the maker,
but before the dormancy, Campagnolo wear—both racer shorts and jerseys—
seemed to center around this kind of gray.
So some people might find it nostalgic.
Next is the Hydro Jersey.
Though the true name from the manufacturer is
IDROJENO, the Italian word for hydrogen,
perhaps because that seemed hard to understand or pronounce,
the distributor most knowledgeable about Campagnolo in Japan
decided to call it the Hydro Jersey
as a Japanese name, taking "Hydro" from the English "Hydrogen."
The price is ¥200 higher pre-tax than the Cobalt Jersey,
at a regular retail price of ¥15,400 including tax.
The hem finish is the same as Cobalt,
and the sleeve opening is finished by just sewing the jersey fabric all the way to the edge.
The color is described as the lower color / upper color of the line across the chest,
which would be Purple / Black,
and the other colors are
Turquoise / Blue—which looks exactly like celeste and clearly targets Bianchi riders—
Orange / Black,
and Gray / Black, which clearly targets Kamen Rider X fans (※)
for a four-color lineup.
※Probably not
And please don't image search "starfish Hitler"... let's not do that!
↑Since the purple in the Purple / Black looks pink to me, this is a photo taken with an iPhone.
They all are pretty close to the colors I see in person.
It's a bit hard to see in the background, but
refer to this photo's color tone for the blue-gray of the Cobalt Jersey as well.
Next is the Quarzo Jersey.
QUARZO is the Italian for QUARTZ in English,
meaning quartz crystal.
Since quartz is a crystal of silicon dioxide,
it's technically not an "element," but don't worry about it.
It comes in two blue-based colors,
the dark blue in the upper image is Navy,
and the light blue in the lower image is Blue (the Japanese names).
The true color names from the manufacturer are BLUE for the dark blue
and TURQUOISE for the light blue,
so if you see "BLUE" on the bag and try to order the same thing
by telling the distributor "Blue, please,"
there's a non-zero chance they'll say "understood, Blue,"
and Blue (TURQUOISE) will arrive.
Though actually, we almost never order by phone.
The dot pattern on the jersey is actually the Campagnolo logo.
This design originated from a shirt
that Campagnolo handed out to international press at cycle shows
when they held new product announcements,
and because it was well-received, they decided to
make jerseys with that design.
The hem finish is the same as Cobalt and Hydro,
the sleeve opening is finished the same as Hydro, and the body and back pocket shape
don't look different from Hydro,
so this Quarzo Jersey is essentially just a different color of the Hydro Jersey.
The price is also the same as Hydro, at ¥15,400 including tax.
Besides these, there's also the Platino Jersey
(Platino meaning platinum),
which is ¥1,000 cheaper pre-tax than the Neon Jersey
but has a tax-included regular price of ¥20,350
and a fit and finish similar to the Neon Jersey,
but we don't stock it as standard inventory.
We can special order it.
Finally: we've stocked the NEW Lite Tech Socks.
The "NEW" in the model name is to distinguish them from
the older Lite Tech Socks that came before, which had a different price.
Before the Hyperon Ultra DB special price sale,
we held a Bora WTO special price sale.
Actually, I could have included the Bora Ultra WTO in that sale too,
but since we had sales records from the past few months,
I thought customers would feel bad about buying something recently
and then seeing it on sale, so I held back.
Actually, quite a while ago,
we do have sales history of the NEW Lite Tech Socks in our shop.
So for customers who bought them back then, I should have been considerate... but
the price was so insanely cheap that
I couldn't help ordering them!
I even bought some for myself! Got a problem with that?! Huh?!
Ah, the tax-included regular price is ¥2,750.
There are two color names on the bag—the manufacturer's true color names—
"Logo" and "Solid,"
though the toe area hidden by shoes is the same on both.
Logo is navy with polka dots, Japanese name Dot Navy,
Solid is navy without polka dots, Japanese name Navy.
And just as a detail note,
the color of the Campagnolo script logo differs between them.
Since it's hard to tell them apart from the bag's appearance,
and because customers often ask what Euro shoe sizes
the S/M and L/XL sizes correspond to,
I put individual stickers on each.
Also, 2XL size (Euro sizes 45-47) is available to special order.
In fact, in this shipment,
we have the M size Palladio Jersey from last sale
and the XS size blue-gray Cobalt Jersey arriving.
Why are the special order portions of this sale's Cobalt Jersey
already arriving, you ask? Well,
the sale itself started at the same time as the Hyperon Ultra festival,
but I didn't have time to take photos for the announcement post.
The NEW Lite Tech Socks and such were disappearing fast
before I even had time to put on price tags.
Like last time, the sale prices for the apparel
aren't even posted on our usual spot.
They're exclusive to in-store visitors.
Bonus:
A catalog from Campagnolo's first year of apparel expansion.
The 2001 spring/summer collection,
with the Campagnolo brand and
the Alta Vista brand, primarily for women's wear.
↑This is what Alta Vista looked like
It's written as "Alta Vista" and not "Alta Vi-sta" because
that's how the Japanese distributor spelled it at the time.
The chest had an AV logo/emblem—and I'm not joking when I say
I genuinely think that was a major reason it didn't sell well in Japan.
↑This is what Campagnolo looked like
The color names were Gray for Titanium, off-white for Aluminum,
and dark for Zirconium, plus Blue Steel for some models.
The evidence that this is the first year of apparel expansion is
that all 12 products have sequential product numbers
from C001 to C012, regardless of type.