on 6/9/02 6:11 AM, Bill Bryant at Bill_Bryant@prodigy.net wrote:
> He also made a "triplizer" chainring. It was a 42T that had webs that
> you could then attach a smaller third chainring to and convert a normal
> Campy NR crank to create a triple crankset w/o having to machine the
> drive-side arm a la Campagnolo did for their triple. You needed to get a
> longer spindle and rear touring derailleur, but didn't have to get rid
> of your nice Campy crankset. It was also stiffer than the TA triple of
> the era, nor did it cost as much as going to a Campy triple. Neat set
> up; at Cupertino Bike Shop we put quite a few on the road for
> customers. We also sold Merz frames and they were excellent.
>
> Bill Bryant
> Santa Cruz, CA
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> bikenut wrote:
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>> Another of Jim's historical footnotes is that he manufactured inner
>> chainrings for the (Nuovo) Record Triple Cranks. I think that the
>> smallest stock inner was 36 t from Campagnolo. Jim had made a
>> selection in the low 30's. I have (somewhere) a NIB 31t and 32t.
>> The package and graphics harken back to a simpler and more shop
>> crafted (read; no marketing dept) look.
>>
>> Matthew "bought a $30 NR Triple at-the-Cirque" Gorski
>> Belmont Shore, CA
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The three still in the "classic era" Specialized Bicycle Imports
framebuilder/product managers, Tim Nienan-did he build the prototypes and
therefore the first Allezs?, great guy boundless enthusiasim and good
company on a bike ride. Jim Merz-brilliant engineering mind and fit the
stereotype, once told me SBI wasn't respondsable for a defective chain
because "it didn't break, it came apart. Mark Di Nucci-a steel is real
person who you could drink beer with and sing in unison about the crap that
you'd have to sell.
There were also about ten original era Allez track bikes made.
Terence Shaw
The Allez name was my suggestion and I wish I would have kept a Merz
chainwheel because a 36t inner won't be adequate much longer on the touring
bike. Santa Clara, California