Re: [CR]WTB: Campy/Gipiemme pedal dust cap

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References: <200612050452.kB54qVt6023657@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
To: gillies@cs.ubc.ca, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB: Campy/Gipiemme pedal dust cap
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:06:40 -0500
In-Reply-To: <200612050452.kB54qVt6023657@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
From: <oroboyz@aol.com>


Hey Don:

You wrote:

<< I have found it quite easy, however, using my $20 kmart dremel, to grind away the MKS logo from an MKS dustcap (selling at $8/pair.) then you need some 100 grit sandpaper because you need to take about 1mm of threading off the cap. >>

Did you ever see this?

http://www.cyclesdeoro.com/Vintage-parts/mks-dustcaps.htm

What do you mean about needing to take theading off? Seemed like they work as is, but I am missing something....

Dale Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: gillies@cs.ubc.ca To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [CR]WTB: Campy/Gipiemme pedal dust cap

I think Campy Pedal dustcaps are the most difficult replacement part to find in the modern era (1965-1985). I have found it quite easy, however, using my $20 kmart dremel, to grind away the MKS logo from an MKS dustcap (selling at $8/pair.) then you need some 100 grit sandpaper because you need to take about 1mm of threading off the cap.

When polished to a high shine (and maybe even drilled in the center), it makes a near perfect imitation of a campy dustcap, looks like chrome but made of aluminum polished to a mirror shine ...

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA