Re: [CR]Campagnolo Huret and the Bronze Age

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:46:00 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo Huret and the Bronze Age
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 6/21/02 10:03:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:

<< All the various versions of the Gran Sport (1951) and the succeeding
   Record (1963) rear derailleurs were chrome plated bronze. >> I have two generations of Gran Sport and an early Record. Although the upper and lower bodies are non-magnetic, the parallelogram arms are a ferrous metal (they hold a magnet). The bodies are undoubtedly bronze as it was a lot easier to cast the complex shapes of those pieces with bronze. Stevan Thomas Alameda, CA