[CR]Weird Ebay description for Campag derailleur

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From: <brucerobbins@supanet.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:41:14 +0000
Subject: [CR]Weird Ebay description for Campag derailleur


>Steven Thomas wrote to the seller about the flat cage Campagnolo on Ebay:
>
> > Howard,
> > This style of derailleur was made from about 1961 to 1979. It was NOT=20
> > "pulled". They were perfectly safe and are required for the pre 1979 crank=
> s because=20
> > those cranks have less distance between the ring and the arm. That gap was=
> =20
> > widened to accommodate the lip in 1979, and the bottom bracket axles were=20
> > changed accordingly. You're laying it on pretty thick for what amounts to=20=
> a=20
> > pretty common derailleur. The really early ones that were made with a cabl=
> e stop=20
> > for external cable housing are not even worth your BIN price, with this on=
> e,=20
> > you're way high, and the hyperbole isn't helping your credibility.

I'd have to agree that there's nothing special about this derailleur-and not just because it's Campagnolo ;-).

Even I, who have no great interest in the ubiquitous Italian marque, have two of these sitting in a drawer somewhere!

Bruce
Dundee
Scotland
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