Thanks Chuck! I should have read your time line more carefully! It didn't occur to me that Campagnolo would be offering a cottered bottom bracket after they had already introduced their cotterless chainset so I only thought to check the time line up to 1958. Any thoughts on why they would have intro'ed/offered this in 1960 since by that point they, and several other manufacturers were very focused on alloy cotterless chain sets? I realize that cottered chainsets were still used by some in the 1960's but it seems a bit odd for Campagnolo to do this. Perhaps there was reasoning for this that I am missing?
Edward Robert Brooks Managing Director Edward Roberts International Auctioneers of the Fine and Rare 1262 West Winwood Drive Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Phone- 847.295.8696 Facsimile- 847.295.8697 Email- ebrooks@eriwine.com Website- http://www.eriwine.com
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Schmidt Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:58 PM To: CR RENDEZVOUS Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo Gran Sport cottered bottom bracket
Edward Brooks wrote:
> As many of you no doubt noted a Campagnolo Gran Sport cottered bottom
> bracket just sold on Ebay (item # 290045366509). I have not been
> able to
> find a reference to this item in the Campagnolo time line and was
> hoping
> someone on the list would know when, and for how long, this item
> was made by
> Campagnolo. Many thanks!
From the Campagnolo Timeline http://www.velo-retro.com 1960 entry:
1960 - Catalog #14 is printed for the year-end trade shows. Included are the Record road and track groups comprising Record cotterless crankset (151mm bolt circle) and Gran Sport bottom bracket, small and large flange Record alloy one-piece hubs, seat post (now all alloy), Gran Sport headset, Record front derailleur, Gran Sport rear derailleur, Gran Sport pedals. Also in the catalog are the Gran Sport Group (includes Record front derailleur), Sport Group, Gran Sport cottered bottom bracket (note that there is no accompanying cottered crankset), Gran Sport track pedal with and without teeth, wood-boxed tool set, and the Saddle-Line alignment tool.
Chuck Schmidt
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