OK boys and girls I will tell you one more time. That is a Triomphe bb. I have one here NOS. 115.4mm spindle blackish color with silver on the bearing surface and hollow spindle. Mine is Italian threads and I bought these because that will work with the older SR/NR cranks. Have fun. Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-9022 http://www.thebikestand.com
> Folks-
> I have what I thought was an ordinary Campy GS BB. I thought I was
> familar with this model going back to the early 1960s to whenever they
ended
> production in mid-80s.
> The axle itself, I always believed, had been a solid one peice affair with
a
> published length of 115mm+/-. However, I have what I was sure is a GS axle
> that is hollow just like a NR/Record/C-record/chorus.
> The length also makes me rule out Triomphe/Victory/Athena/etc. It is
> still black colored like I always thought GS to be and it also has the
"winged
> wheel" logo as found on GS components.
> All the catalogs that I have read containing GS info do not seem to
> indicate that GS BB axles were hollow. Does some one have a later 80s
catalog that
> describes a hollow GS axle? [sorry for being out of the CR time line with
that
> question] and if so, is there a date in which this change took place?
> Never the less, it seems to be totally up with fine milling and
> workmanship that we have all known and come to love/covet/etc. about Campy
components.
> What particular item/version do I have?? Any help would be most
appreciated.
> cheers-
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT