Tom Adams wrote:
> Presumably someone had a Grand Sport band but no levers and nuts,
> and decided to do a Frankenstein set from spare parts. The two
> right levers would work, but the mushroom head of the cable would
> protrude on the left side.
I think the cable would eventually break where it's bent over the edge of
the counterbore (if it were on a daily rider)
> The wing nuts are a simple improvisation as the Grand
> Sport bosses were male threaded posts, but where did the
> red Campy washers come from?
The red washers are what make me think the cheap wingnuts might be original - if it had the GS "Flying Saucer" nuts originally it wouldn't have those washers, and where else could they have come from?
Amused that I'm getting worked up over such cheap levers,
Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Bulgier <mark@bulgier.net>
> To: 'Aldo Ross' <swampmtn@siscom.net>;
> <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [CR]Campy red shifter on eBay
>
>
> > There's a problem - two right-hand shift levers, no left.
> >
> > Mark Bulgier
> > Seattle, Wa USA
> >
> > Aldo wrote:
> > >
> > > What model are these Campy shifters on eBay?
> > >
> > > http://ebay.com/
> > >
> > > Strap like 60s GS, but red washers and cheap wingnuts.
> > >
> > > Aldo Ross