Re: [CR]Campy crank pedal dust cover

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy crank pedal dust cover
To: freitas1@pacbell.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:40:04 EDT

In a message dated 9/10/02 7:31:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, freitas1@pacbell.net writes:

<< this may signal arrival of
   break up a pair of pedals and sell them on EBAY, maybe piece out that
   headset? >> This was from the 1958 crankset only, so it's a part that was made for 1 year only, not too many spares if any, and a lot of them got blown out and lost. The first Campy pedals had shorter threads (for steel cranks, at least my con denti alloy track pedals do), and the dust cover took up the slack. If you installed a pedal with the longer thread, you either popped out the dustcover by accident or removed it. Early, one-year-only parts command a premium. Matteo had a 2nd year of production Gran Sport rear derailleur (made for 1 year only) that sold for over $1,000. Don't part out those pedals yet. Stevan Thomas Alameda, CA