Cobra and Arnold Industries, also provided replacement lightweight parts (aftermarket) for Campy components back in the '70's.
Marc Boral
Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Bikerdaver@aol.com wrote:
> >
> (snip)
> > *Campy Super Record brake calipers with Campy made titanium main pivot bolts.
> > Saw that one on the Pinarello that Battaglin won the 84 World
> > Championships--hope I can sneak in a 84 vintage item and still be on topic.
>
> These titanium pivot bolts were an aftermarket item made and sold by
> OMAS in the 1970s and 1980s. They made kits to substitute aluminum and
> titanium bolts, nuts, and fittings on Campagnolo Nuovo and Super Record
> seat posts, brake calipers, derailleurs, cranks, and stems. OMAS was
> also the maker of the Super Record pedal axles and bottom bracket axles.
>
> There was also a company called Pedrini doing the same thing in the
> 1970s.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, California
> http://www.velo-retro.com (vintage catalogs and T-shirts)