jerrymoos wrote:
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> 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.
Wow!!! $9.95 and beautiful!!!
http://penncycle.com/
Stack height 30.3mm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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