I also hated the Chorus or pre-chorus "indexing" downtube shifters. I once got a replacement from a bike shop & of course they still performed badly.
>From: gregparker1 <GregParker1@compuserve.com>
>To: Brandon Ives <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
>CC: gregparker1 <110404.153@compuserve.com>, Chuck Schmidt
><chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, John Quigley
><eurocycle@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [CR]Broken Retro Crank Website
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:32:02 -0400
>
>Brandon:
>
>I sorta hear you, but since they redesigned the crankarm to eliminate the
> stress riser (later, "double-bump" versions), and gave away a bunch as
>warranty
> parts (the infamous "11" and "21" parts?), it would be tough for them to
> say the problem never existed.
>
>Of course, that wasn't the only spot they failed at. I've heard of more
>than one
> failure just above the pedal threads. That would be exciting if it
>happened under
> full load!
>
>Greg Parker
>PC A2 MI
>
>
>Brandon Ives wrote:
>
>
> >That's because Campy always said our stuff never breaks and if it did
>it's
> >your fault. You can't fix faults if you don't believe they exist and
> >never see the parts. I've tried to return tons of stuff to Campy over
>the
> >years and the only way to get a replacement was to go through the bikes
> >maker. They've gotten better over the years, but they still won't admit
> >that they built a massive stess riser into the NR and SR cranks.