I have a copy of a Barelli catalogue whose price list is dated July 1978. There was also a Barelli B28 pedal which had conventional sideplates - but I must admit I have never seen a pair. There were in any case two versions of the other pedals - a version using cartridge bearings that was introduced first - I am not sure when they were introduced and my catalogue copy makes no reference to the bearings and a cup and cone bearing version which came later. The problem with the early cartridge bearing ones were that the spindles broke - there was a sharp stress riser at the corner of the axle next to the inner race. This was not the case on the later cup & cone pedals which were apparently perfectly reliable. Barelli also listed T shirts, racing vests, caps and wheel covers in addition to the shoe plates and cone spanners. Also listed were a range of three frames - road, track and time trial all built from Reynolds 531 - curiously enough I saw one of these for sale today. They were all finished in a Barelli Champagne colour but are otherwise not especially distingushed. I do not know if they were made in their works near Cambridge or whether they were bought in.
Hilary Stone in sunny but slightly chilly Bristol, England
Wes Gadd wrote:
> I have two sets of Barelli B-10 pedals, and IMHO they're about the nicest
> pedals I've ever seen. I first saw them in about 1975, and the company had
> disappeared by the early 80's, probably killed off by the clipless revolution.
> As far as I know, they made three pedals:
> Supreme Aluminum-alloy wrapover plate for conventional cleats,anodised in
> black, gold, or natural
> Supreme Stainless-as above but with stainless plate
> B-10 Platform-similar to the others, but took a block type cleat peculiar
> to Barelli
> These all had a neat, Berthet-like flip tab.
> Four types of cleats were listed:
> 187- Shallow slot .187" deep,stainless groove liner
> 280- Deep slot .280 deep, stepped at back
> Sprint- Budget model, similar to short T.A. Anquetil
> B-10- Block cleat to suit B-10 pedal
>
> And, a set of cone wrenches,!3/14 mm and 15/16 mm, and stainless
> heelplates for cycling shoes. All extremely high quality stuff from this
> Cambridge, England manufacturer!