In a message dated 11/16/2004 6:55:51 AM PST, OROBOYZ@aol.com writes: In a message dated 11/16/2004 12:55:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, gillies@cs.ubc.ca writes:
<< I think that someone in italy is still making campy dust caps, and a few other things. It just doesn't make sense to see new NOS patent ones showing up on ebay every week for the past 2 years ... >>
Well, part of that might be that crank arm dust caps were considered dorky
and "Fred" for most of the era we are interested in. Riders around here
wouldn't
have been caught dead with them in their bikes! So they languished on the
shelves.
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What about the ubiquitous SR down tube shifters? They seam just about as
common as grains of sand on a beach!
cheers-
Dave Anderson
Cut Bank MT