Re: [CR]Campy quill pedal question

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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 21:04:37 -0800
From: "Bill Bryant" <Bill_Bryant@prodigy.net>
To: Questor <questor@cinci.rr.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy quill pedal question
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Yes, you are indeed correct; I erroneously overlooked that short-lived version--perhaps for understandable reasons. ;-) OTOH, I wrote that "Classic Campy" pedals are the same except for the cages. I would offer that the Ti SR version fell somewhat outside that category and belong in an exotic group, not the classic one.

Bill Bryant Santa Cruz.

Questor wrote:
> I believe that Campy briefly marketed titanium axles for the Superleggera
> black alloy pedals. Because they proved to be too brittle and cracked
> easily, Campy converted in 1978 to all-steel axles. Yes, there are
> additional differences!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Bryant" <Bill_Bryant@prodigy.net>
> To: "Jon M. Schaer" <jschaer@columbus.rr.com>
> Cc: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Campy quill pedal question
>
> > Classic Campy pedals are all the same on the inside. The only difference
> is the
> > chrome steel cage versus black anodized alloy cage (and the road versus
> track
> > cage designs.)
> >
> > Bill Bryant
> > Santa Cruz, CA
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jon M. Schaer" wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any mechanical or design difference between the silver-cage and
> the
> > > black-cage models?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jon Schaer
> > > Columbus, OH