I hate to admit that I did make an automatic shifting servo system that would attach to existing derailleur. Worked O.k. as a prototype. One of my first forays into bicycle junk.
I know it would be a time toilet but I hold a fascination for remaking the Cambio Corsa with my own improvements and style. Not going to get around to it anytime soon but the point for me is not to copy the Campagnolo exactly but to make it with modern materials and methods and have a fun nuevo-retro rig.
For anybody wondering, Yes, Chuck is absolutely right. If you factor in ones time the cost of reproducing the Cambio (and it could not be done exactly) would be very high.
Dave Bohm Bohemian ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Schmidt To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Replicas
Well then, why not an electronic, automatic shifting, multiple fixed gear road bike?
Chuck "I forgot to add the motor-assist-for-hills option" Schmidt South Pasadena, California
rfitzger@emeraldis.com wrote: > > Okay, as far as Cambios go ... back when I was mulling over my psychotic idea > to develop a Cambio rig for use with a selectable fixed/freewheel unit, I > thought about this ... > > What if you developed toothed inserts that could be used with existing long > Campagnolo 1010 dropouts? The one on the right could have a tab that bolted > into the derailleur ear, and on both sides there would be a tab to help secure > it in place in the hollow web area ... since the actual dropout would be load > bearing, and the inserts would be placed their only to help guide the toothed > portions to help them stay aligned, I think it would work. > > They would then be replaceable, which was one of the flaws of the original > Campagnolo design - the dropouts would eventually wear and no longer function > correctly ... > > Russ Fitzgerald, who has obviously thought about this too much ....
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