Just imagine it with a Swallow saddle and it works like a charm!
Joe
At 04:01 PM 5/23/01 -0400, Aldo Ross wrote:
>Now imagine that same Campy steel post, but with socket-head cap screws
>mounted from beneath, and threaded upper clamps. Would have saved many
>thousands of manhours adjusting saddles.
>
>What might have been...
>
>Aldo
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:35 PM
>Subject: [CR]Pix of Campagnolo seatpost, first generation
>
>
>> There is a nice picture of the clamp configuration of the first
>> generation Campagnolo seatpost (steel version) for those who have never
>> seen one. The Timeline lists the intro at 1956, but I don't know when
>> it was first given to Fausto Coppi to use. They were known to crack at
>> the point where the head was brazed to the tube and were recalled at
>> some point (anyone know the date?).
>>
>> http://ebay.com/
>>
>> Chuck Schmidt
>> South Pasadena, California
>> http://www.velo-retro.com (Campy Timeline)