Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:45:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Some mightly expensive bolts
Chris wrote (in part):
> ...found a kit on E-bay: > > Item #7104792990 > > After placing a max bid, which I, myself thought > was way over the top, I was out-bid. Someone paid > (hope I am not offending the potential buyer who > may be on the list) a whopping $27 plus dollars for these > bolts...
Chris,
In my experience, the most authentic restoration would use
the cheap screws that came with the clips - or anything similar
from the hardware store or the some bottom drawer of an old
bike shop. I just don't remember anyone using the "official"
Campagnolo bolts during the 1960s or early '70s. (Unless,
perhaps you used actual, official Campagnolo toe clips - but I
don't know anyone who used those either.) Most toe clips came
with these strange looking unplated screws.
Anyway, I don't even remember when those Campagnolo bolts
first became available. All the ones I've seen were packaged
in those plastic bags with "Campagnolo" printed in a more
modern looking script. That's not how Campagnolo parts were
package in more ancient times. I remember all the little bits
being packaged in a kind of wax paper bag.
Anyway, if you read the auction listing closely, you'll see
that it says something about the tremendous value of the bag.
maybe I should be trying to sell some of the wax paper bags I
still have.
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
Fred:
The #676 bolts and the #677 washers always came with the Record / GS pedals when new, beginning in the '50s. Initially, they were installed at the factory, then later they came loose in a waxed paper bag (as a labor cost reduction), then later still in a plastic bag. Every NOS Campagnolo pedal set should have those eight items present to be considered complete.
For the SL and SR pedals, there is a slightly different bolt, #89, which is also the front derailleur cable fixing bolt.
All of these parts are somewhat difficult to find in NOS condition now. I would value a set of used pedals lower if these parts were missing, as it can cost quite a bit to replace them. I never sell a set of Campagnolo pedals (new or used) without them. They're kind of important I think. I've never used anything else, personally.
Regards,
Greg "pedaler" Parker
Ann Arbor, Michigan