Why would any one want to place Italian components on a French bicycle? I have owned 30-40 Italian bicycles and never once thought of using French components on any of them. My one French bicycle was equipped with all French components. Just wondering.
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Jan 10, 2006 3:09 PM
>To: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]French tubes...was top tube cable clips
>
>Mais non, mon ami. French downtube and seattube were smaller, 28mm vs 28.6mm (1 1/8"), but the toptube was larger, 26mm vs 25.4mm (1"). Sheldon's site gives an excellent summary of French bike dimensions (both frames and components) versus English/ISO. One usually first discovers the larger toptube when one tries to install Campy cable clips on a French bike. You can usually make them fit, but only with great effort.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
>Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Jerry Moos wrote : "Did Campy ever make
>
>> clips with longer screws for use on French bikes?"
>
>I thought the reason Campagnolo made those crescent shaped shims to go under
>clamp on components was because French tubes were smaller...Am I mistaken on
>this? Perhaps one of the lists Francophiles can illuminate the subject a
>bit?
>
>Tom Sanders
>
>No French bikes in Lansing, Mi