Re: [CR]Now: Curved lever/block letter QRs Was: Campy flat bladed QRs

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:44:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom Dalton" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: Curved lever/block letter QRs Was: Campy flat bladed QRs
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <3B423CEC.114A@earthlink.net>


--- Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> The really odd part is that both sets of wheels I
> found had levers that
> didn't match. So apparently the hubsets were being
> sold with mismatched
> levers; front QR with curved lever and _script_
> logo, rear QR with
> curved lever and _block_ logo.

And they definately came that way from Campy? It sounds reasonable, but is different from what I recall. I remember seeing a photo of a post-CPSC group on a Campy poster promoting their association with the 1980 Olympics. The hubs in that group had a straight front and the wierd, tightly curved lever on the rear. Of course this is all pretty hazy and I no longer have the poster. Maybe it was two different curved levers. Either way, all combos seems possible given Campy's strange and mysterious ways.
> Tom Dalton wrote:
> >
> > I've always thought that the curved skewers were
> post
> > CPSC, but I don't have any solid reason for
> believing
> > this. I have seen some wierd curved QR's that
> look
> > like a regular straight QR that has been bent over
> a
> > curved surface. Unlike the normal curved QR's
> they
> > have the block letter markings as seen on the
> straight
> > QR's. They are rare and I'd like to find a set.
> I
> > figured they were early CPSC levers, but maybe
> they
> > are pre-CPSC.
>
>
> Ahhhh... something really obscure to discuss!
>
> As Aldo mentioned, the original curved track QRs had
> a very small, tight
> curve to them. Started a craze in SoCal of
> do-it-yourself, bend your
> own Campagnolo® QRs. They appear in Campagnolo®
> catalog #15 from 1967.
>
> The one's you mention are a strange duck. I have
> found two bikes from
> the late 70s with second sets of clincher wheels
> that have these QRs.
>
> The first CPSC QR levers (1978) have a script
> Campagnolo® logo and the
> words "LOCKED" and "UNLOCKED". The other curved
> levers are the earlier
> straight levers with block letters that have been
> curved and then
> stamped "LOCKED" and "UNLOCKED" as per CPSC regs.
>
> The really odd part is that both sets of wheels I
> found had levers that
> didn't match. So apparently the hubsets were being
> sold with mismatched
> levers; front QR with curved lever and _script_
> logo, rear QR with
> curved lever and _block_ logo.
>
> And you are correct... they are _very_ rare. Maybe
> they didn't have an
> equal number of front and rear skewers and needed to
> use up the left
> over straight levers after the CPSC regs took effect
> in 1978?
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
> http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, timeline and
> t-shirts)
>
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