I thought the track HS was actually a Record Pista. This was distinguished by a much lower stack height than the Record Road. According to Sutherland's recently discussed 3rd Edition (1980), "Record Strada" was 39.1 mm stack height, "Record Pista" was 33.7. The Pista also used 5/32" balls versus 3/16". I think maybe the Pista balls were loose rather than caged.
When one stupidly cut a fork too short by 5mm, one bought a Pista HS to replace the Strada. By the way. Tange still makes a steel HS called the Passage that is nearly identical to the old Record Pista, including the very short stack height. And it's cheap too, unlike the old Campy.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> In a message dated 9/23/03 10:26:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com writes:
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> > the Internet
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> > Chuck is probably correct that this is a Sport headset, but I've always
> > called this (two flats, unmarked cups, 5/32" loose balls) a Gran Sport
headset.
> > Is "Sport" the correct name for what is commonly called the Grand Sport
> > headset, just like "Record" is the correct name for most NR parts?
> >
> > For certain this is not Victory. Victory did have two flats, but
otherwise
> > it was very similar to NR, including the major markings on the cups.
The
> > Triomphe was very similar to, if not identical to the GS... or Sport...
you know
> > the one.
> >
> > Tom Dalton
> > Bethlehem, PA
>
> We also called this the track headset, did we not?
> Larry Black
> Mt Airy, Md