Some black DA parts (other than the headset & hubs):
http://www.duane.kennard.com/
These were pulled from a '78 A-D Vent Noir, and will find a new home on a mid-late '70s Don Bartlett "Pear".
Cheers,
Duane Kennard Los Angeles, USA
On Sep 4, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Ed Lutz wrote:
> Sunday, September 4, 2005, 5:03:07 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Guy and list
>> I have just spent the weekend dismantling a late 70's bike with the
>> remnants of a complete black Dura-Ace group.It has belonged to my
>> brother
>> who has ridden it continually so the stuff is well used.Yes it
>> does have a
>> black headset although only the cups are black.The spacers and
>> locknut are
>> chrome.Cant speak for the cable clips though as it has braze-ons.
>> Geoff Duke Melbourne Australia
>>
>
>
> Sounds like my headset too. Black cups with chrome nut and spacer.
> I've also got a set of black calipers. What else was black? Did they
> do black derailers and shifters? I have a memory, however vague, of
> trying to find black cable clamps and being told by some guy at some
> bike shop that Shimano didn't do them in black. Could just be the
> Southern Comfort talking...
>
> To those that have expressed interest in buying my headset. I'm not
> sure what I'm going to do with it yet. I'm still bouncing around
> possibilities for my Bottecchia. If I decide to build it up with
> period
> parts (Campy NR mostly) then my Dura Ace stuff will be available. I'm
> thinking though that I might just build it as I rode it all those
> years which means the Dura Ace parts go back on. It looks like all I'm
> missing are rims, stem and bars. The rims went to a friend many years
> ago and the stem and bars are on my Specialized Epic carbon fiber
> thingy. If I rebuild the Bottecchia as I rode it then those bars and
> the stem will come off the Thingy and be put back were they belong.