Steven Maasland wrote:
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> There is presently a Campagnolo Record front derailleur being offered
> on ebay: http://ebay.com/
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> Can somebody tell me if this is truly the first generation record
> derailleur? Furthermore, is the one being offered not missing the cage
> fixation bolt?
I'd call this one a second generation. It doesn't have the big flat screw heads on the ends of the two pivots for the arms. We are really splitting hairs here though as it does have the extended down cable housing stop of the first batch. Insidentally I believe this one has the aluminum pivot shafts; there's a good reason that these pivots were changed to steel pivot shafts.
Here's a picture of a first generation Record front derailleur on Satoru Mas's website (from my links page at http://www.velo-retro.com):
http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/
Is is missing the nut for the bolt that fixes the cage to the lower pivot. Looks like the bolt is still there though.
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal http://www.velo-retro.com (Catalogo Campagnolo -- 714 pages of good, clean Campagnolo fun!)
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