RE: [CR] Mythic Early SR Lever, afterward

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From: "Marc Boral" <mbikealive@dslextreme.com>
References: <20021103012555.23051.qmail@web12907.mail.yahoo.com>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR] Mythic Early SR Lever, afterward
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 18:19:09 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

I remember looking at those levers on Ebay when someone first mentioned it. I left with the impression that they didn't look like the early (long reach) style to me, just the everyday beat-up later generation. Not worth the keystroke to comment on.

Marc Boral Long Beach, CA

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From: brad stockwell Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:25:46 PM To: Mark Bulgier; 'Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org' Subject: RE: [CR] Mythic Early SR Lever, afterward

I'm intrigued by your post, curious about what you're getting at. --Mark Bulgier

Mark:

There's a group of folks on the list who don't believe in early SR levers (Campy brake levers of the pre-78 long-reach style with "Super Record" drilling) -- despite the fact that they are pictured in Benotto catalog#2, 4 jpg, on the bates-lee scan-tastic catalog-o-rama-thon and also in the original Austro Daimler Superleicht brochure/poster (Stey?r Daimler Puch 1975), and also on Merckx's bike during 1975 (eg see CycleSport Feb'98 pg 26 Merckx climbing through the snow in the rainbow jersey).

In these less-self-absorbed, post 9/11 days it isn't really of any importance, of course, but among the disbelievers one 'grassy-knoll' theory was that the catalogs just show re-touched photos of ordinary levers. And that perhaps Merckx's or other levers were custom-drilled one-offs.

So along comes ebay item #1574399272 which appears to show a photo of an actual old-style lever with Super Record perforations. Further, the perforations are elongated like they might be if the sheet metal was perforated prior to being formed into a lever. So I couldn't help but be curious how the disbelievers might interpret the entrails.

Surprisingly, the seller argues in the auction text that the levers are of no consequence because the holes are punched-not-drilled.

So far no one has recanted! What fun is that? I give it up.

Brad Stockwell

Palo Alto

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