Baron C wrote:-
>I got a nice little stash of collectables.....Here's a small but somewhat
>collectable item
>1st Generation Campagnolo retrofriction gear levers...With the older
>recessed lettering.
>One of those items not listed in any of the catalogs. At least I'm not able
>to find it listed
>anywhere with Campagnolo. I would think it would have been listed
>between.....n.18
>.........and........18 bis........But it's not?....Maybe I'll list it on
>ebay with a high reserve
>only to see what it might be worth? It's a crap shoot.
The only pic I have ever seen of these rare beasts is in Bicycle
mechanics in workshop & competition by Steve Snowling and Ken Evans, on
page 121 is shown WF Holdsworth, with SR headset, retrofriction levers
and the brakes are block lettered SR brakes with the pointed front nut,
all other parts on the brakes are as per any other late 70's NR brake,
with what looks like SR shoes. This book was first published 1986. Maybe
this info will be of interest to someone, even thou slightly out of the
timeline.
I do remember a listmember commenting recently about wanting some of
these rare levers. Personally they are so ugly its hard to look at the
pic.
I would just either get some cast up or make a pair from 2 pairs,
depending on intended use, the chances of finding a pair would be as easy
as finding Rocking horse s&*t, or maybe even hens teeth, thanx for the
indulgence.......regards wayne davidson Invers NZ.........