in the contents of the scan-a-thon i found this jpg
from my 1979 brochure. the bicycle has the recessed
bolts. i know for sure that they were not recently
introduced at press time. my <guess> is 1977.
http://bulgier.net/
btw, what i wouldn't give for six of these bikes now! (they'd have to be n.o.s.)
e-RICHIE chester, ct ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ snipped: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com> writes: <I know that short reach/recessed nut brakes existed before 1980...> AND Bill Bryant <Bill_Bryant@prodigy.net> wrote: <For what it's worth, on CR in the past few months we discussed when the arrival of Campy recessed brake bolts and short-reach brakes occurred. The '81 Bikecology ad is useful because it shows nutted brakes and long-reach Campy units on that beautiful red Colnago...>