[CR]Recent eBay Auction - Early Campy 151 Cranks

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From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: "C.R. List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:05:56 -0500
Subject: [CR]Recent eBay Auction - Early Campy 151 Cranks

This is a strange request for a little help .

Perhaps three weeks ago ( approximately ) , late one night , I saw an eBay auction which I MEANT to go back and do something about . There were perhaps 4 or 5 days left on that auction . The hour was late . I was more tired than I realized . I didn't think about that auction again until almost a week later . And by then of course , the auction was over and gone .

Did anyone record that auction number ? Does anyone know the seller ? I'd like to know the price for which those Campagnolo cranks sold . They were perfect for me . I was a fool for forgetting about them .

If I recall everything correctly , it was a "chain-set" , and not a "crank-set" , meaning that there was no bottom bracket .

Campagnolo .

151 mm bolt circle diameter

Raised bosses around the pedal holes

But the pedal holes were open on both sides , NOT capped on the inside

Two chainrings , both fairly large , perhaps 50 & 49 , one ring was thought to be N.O.S.

Full set of 5 chainring nuts and bolts , early , with what the seller perhaps called "different" lettering

Can't recall if it came with dust-caps

It was exactly what I need , for my very latest "project" , which actually doesn't need much . About all the bicycle needs is just exactly those parts ! I already have a 44 tooth chainring waiting for such a crankset , which is the smallest size chainring the 151 mm bolt circle diameter can accept . The 44 t. ring I have waiting is one of the reproductions from Bicycle Classics .

I was a fool for not remembering until too many days later . I'd like to know if it sold for a huge expensive ugly price , and I can just forget about it . Or , if it sold for a cheap price , and I should really-really kick myself hard for losing my chance .

And , does anybody have something similar which they'd like to sell for a fairly reasonable price ?

For historical details on Campagnolo parts , see :

http://www.velo-retro.com/tline.html

1958 & 1968 entries especially

And as always , Thanks Chuck !

Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas