Nice thing about the CDS, though, is that it is either totally unmarked, or with an easily removed decal, so there is nothing to give it away as Japanese if, like me, you somehow don't like Japanese parts on European bikes. (All's fair on US frames however). Also, the Compact Dimension thing may mean the low stack I was commenting on earlier. Also comes in 26.4 or 27.0 crown race, and in polished chrome, satin silver, or black finish. And until recently, at least, you could get it in French thread.
I got incredible value out of the Tange Passage, an even cheaper classic looking chromed steel Tange HS. I had bought classic looking all chromed forks to replace the ugly unicrown fork on my otherwise very classic looking circa 1997 Bianchi TSX/UL, but discovered the fork had a 27.0 crown race. I bought a 27.0 Tange Passage for I think $11 from Bicycle Classics (in the Alan era). The crown race fit the fork and matched up perfectly with the Campy HS. Used the Campy crown race and the rest of the Passage HS on a mid-80's Mercier Bordeaux-Paris whose beautiful engraved chrome fork had been cut short to match the original low-stack Shimano Exage HS. Unlike the Exage, the Passage was classic, chrome and European-looking, and the low stack (almost the same as Campy NR pista) solved the steerer length problem. Two projects sorted out by one $11 HS. Wow!
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
"Mark J. Encarnacion" <markenki@hotmail.com> wrote:
David Benson writes:
>CDS stands for Compact Dimension Something-or-other. This is not a Nuovo
>Record lookalike.
Thanks. Yes, I know the CDS version is not an NR lookalike. Note that BC carries the older NR lookalike version. I don't know of any other online source of the older version. Rivendell and the others carry the newer CDS version.
Regards,
Mark Encarnación Bellevue, WA
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