I have the same question as Brian's but I think it is not "
Was" but " Wa".
On my Bianchi 1940s I found the pedals which had "Wa" on their
dust caps. I asked a shop owner of vintage bicycles in Kyoto and
he told me he thought they were Agrati because he saw them in
some catalogs. And about one year ago I told some list member
that pedals with "Wa" are Agrati.
The other day I have dug out at a LBS pedals with "Wa" just the
same as Brian's. Happily returning home, I found that they had
"g" and "p" instead of "d" and "s", they had the French thread !
Now I am not so confident that they are Agrati.
Takao Noda
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
about these?
> Brian,
> I can tell you a little but don't know if you'll find this
info useful.
> WAS made somewhere near the Switzerland border. The only place
you'll find an
> Italian word with a "W" in it. Italians are loathed to put a
"w" in any of
> their words for that matter. The pedals in your JPEG are a
standard Italian
> 60's pedals usually found on Frejus, Atalas, Legnanos. WAS had
some sort of
> relationship with Campy, specifically I have seen ads and
photos of them with
> Campy spindles,......and get this: they also came with Campy
dust caps.
> Remember the Campy Gran Tourismo derailluer with that funky red
"C"? thats
> the kind of dust cap they apparently came with during what
vintage, I haven't
> a clue. Cheers,
> Dave Anderson
>
> In a message dated 11/27/00 1:32:22 PM PST,
brianblum@hotmail.com writes:
> > Please help me identify these pedals they seem to say WAS in
a highly
> > stylized manner. BrIANCHIlly in berkeley
> >
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