Ahoy !
Just an off-the-wall speculation from the peanut gallery - Could this style pedal offer a means to dial-in crank length for normal riders and not merely be a prosthetic?
Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois
emeneff@earthlink.net wrote: Brook Watts and Chuck Schmidt were trying to discover what was up with the "mystery" tall cage pedal.
My two cents is that these were probably made for only a few priveledged pro riders who were struggling with leg-length discrepencies. I think I remember reading that Eddy Merckx used a shim under one of his cleats . . . hmmm - could this have been made for him . . . ?
Mike Fabian San Francisco
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:05:35 -0800 From: Chuck Schmidt To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Now: Campagnolo Record pedal w/ tall cage Was: Unknown Campyparts Message-ID: <43DC774D.D9AD8108@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Reply-To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net Message: 16
Brook Watts wrote:
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> Nuovo Record Strada Pedal with a wider cage plate
> ---Is anyone familiar with this pedal? Years of production?
Link to photo of pedals:
Brooks, I found a 1961 Daniel Rebour drawing showing the Campagnolo Record pedal with the tall cage. Rebour's drawing illustrated '61 TdF King of the Mountains winner Massignan's Legnano. Record pedals were intro'd in 1956. My guess is 1960 for the tall cage version as 1960 is noted as "a period of great expansion" for Campagnolo.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (timelines, reprints & t-shirts)
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