Chuck, and members,
SR levers, at some point, WERE being produced without the lettering on the end of the barrels. So, this is not a fullproof criteria for determining if a lever is SR or Victory. However, if you do see lettering on the barrel, you can at least be sure it is not a Victory lever. Victory levers are simple to identify:
1) Victory levers have the shield logo, not the vertical lettering as on the SR. 2) The three vertical rows of holes in the Victory lever all start (from top) at the same level. On SR, each outer row extends higher up on the lever.
Marc Boral Long Beach, CA
-------Original Message-------
From: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:10:09 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo NR/SR Resource List
Wayne Bingham wrote:
>
(cut)
> I was even one-up on the estimable Chuck Schmidt on identifying
> a Victory vs. SR brake lever (with no hood cover) at the Cirque a couple
> years back. That's not something that's likely to happen again, but in
> that case, the difference was one of those details that had stuck in my
> head. I'd love to see all that stuff in a collection of information
> some place!
I loved finding that one out! (The difference Wayne mentioned is that the little aluminum barrel that is the pivoting cable end holder in the side of the lever doesn't have any lettering engraved on it on the Victory lever. The Super Record lever has it. I always thought that Campagnolo just stopped putting the lettering on the Super Record lever!)
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
.