Re: [CR]Braze-on shifters, Oro chains & freewheels?

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Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 22:37:23 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: siverson@garlic.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Braze-on shifters, Oro chains & freewheels?
References: <200103090611.f296BMG29924@winery.garlic.com>


siverson@garlic.com wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me when Campagnolo braze-on shifters first came into
> use on frames? Also when did Regina introduce the "Oro" chains and
> freewheels?

Campagnolo braze-on downtube shifters were offered in the 1952 Campagnolo catalog, (first year for dt shifters, too).

I would guess the early 1970s on the Oro Regina chains and freewheels.

Chuck Schmidt