Some visual clues to newer Campy N. or Super Record bits are:
Holes and/or lip on front derailleur outer cage as opposed to the smooth earlier version.
Cupped brake quick release lever as opposed to the earlier flat lever.
Curved hub quick release lever as opposed to the straight lever.
Black front panel Super Record rear mech as opposed to the black body with silver front panel on the earlier mech.
Triangular cross section brake caliper arms, as opposed to the earlier circular cross section arms.
Those are the clues I use to approx. date a bike on a first look see. Some of these changes were mandated by the Consumer Product Safety commission, circa 1978 or so. The Super rear mech changed around 1977, I think. The brake cross section changed around 1983, AFAIK. And of course you have to guess about whether the parts were original to the bike, or represent later updates.
Where I grew up, rims would have usually been Fiamme Red Label, Mavic Montherley or Super Champion Arc en Ciels in tubulars. Clinchers were Super Champion 58's or Weinmann 124 (?)s Concave for deluxe wheels. I'm not sure if the Mavic Module E, the first 1 inch clincher, was on the market that far back. Regional preference on rims might be different too.
Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
Doug Van Cleve <dvancleve@gmail.com> wrote: Howdy folks. I just bought the 56cm Silk Hope that Dale mentioned. I have/can get my hands on most of a bikes-worth of Nuovo and Super Record parts (brakes are
Super Record I think). I am not trying to match the components to the year
of the frame or anything like that, but I would like it to look right from
say 10 feet away. What should I avoid as being obvious at a glance as too
new? Also, what were the common tubular and clincher rims around 1975? Thanks in advance :^) Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ
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