Hi all, talking about old Campagnolo FD, a while ago I ended up with a junked FD, only bought it for the 4 hole cage, but my main body has alloy pins, not the normal steel pins, and this alloy pin has a worn/machined groove in it for the spring to sit in, thus stopping the arms falling of, I mentioned this a while ago, and did not recieve any comments on it whatsoever, I suspect its a bottom stop model as well, but I'm sure that has broken of, & its at work at the moment getting cleaned, so I cannot refer to it, if anyone can give me some info on it that would be nice...regards wayne davidson Invers NZ.......
on 13/2/06 7:25 AM, BobHoveyGa@aol.com at BobHoveyGa@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/11/2006 2:02:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
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> Can anyone shed light on this seemingly 1960s Campagnolo Record front
> derailleur that just ended somewhat cheaply on Ebay:
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> http://ebay.com/
> =STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1>
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> Or, ebay item number 7216813371
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> It has been my (limited) experience that the 1970s models changed to the
> larger and flat faced lower clamp pin housing in about 1974 or so. Prior to
> that,
> they had a much more rounded and brief face. I have had two 1960s versions
> with built in cable stop pass through my hands, and both have the round,
> brief
> face.
> This Ebay subject derailleur seems to have the post 1973 flat face, however
> it also has a built in cable casing stop like 1960s models ... what is up
> with
> this? Possible FrankenChanger, or knock-off brand main body substitution?
> Or, is it simply a version that I haven't noticed yet? Thanks to all...
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> Must be a short-lived version. Can't be a composite, the face and stop are
> all one casting.
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>> From the models I've seen, the no-stop version appeared around 68 with the
> flat face and went into the early 70's. This was probably the same earlier
> casting with the stop cut off by hand. I always thought the new casting came
> about to eliminate the stop (and to make the pivots stronger since the
> earlier
> models failed there on occasion, or so it mentions in the CR archives). But
> this one seems to indicate that there may have been an intermediate casting
> that changed the pivots and kept the stop.
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> Bob Hovey
> Columbus, GA