In a message dated 11/14/2003 6:10:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, wayne.collect@xtra.co.nz writes: Hi, the #18 catalog lists both the GS and Record (NR) posts in both 130 & 180mm, it is dated 1985. The #18BIS catalig dated 1986 lists circular posts at 130mm long and the aero shaped at 180mm long. But they are all single bolt types......regards wayne davidson Invers NZ...... _______________________________________________ In my replkies to a couple of inquirees, I posted a note about some older Campy NR seat pillars. I mentioned that the 'standard' length was 220mm and the 'shorter' was 180. These lengths were the rail-to-bottom (basically overall length) and not the cylinder only as the catalog seems to specify.
I cannot figure out why they measure the cylinder length as a dimension. This has nothing to do with what a seatpost does but might just be their way of measuring.
A leter Campy rim catalog from the 80's also had a strange measurement: They listed rim weights without the eyelets that were a permanent part of the rim.
The rim weight issue was announced at the 1985 traveling factory tech siminar in Beltsville, Md. This was the seminar at which the representative , when asked about the aero effect of the newly-introduced aero post, mentioned that the aero effect might be marginal at best but had a cooling effect on the genitals.
That was not published in the catalog
Larry Black
College Park, Md.