Re: [CR]Gran Sport rear derailleur timeline?

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To: marcus.e.helman@gm.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Gran Sport rear derailleur timeline?
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:39:58 +0000


Marcus,

I have one from my mid-line (531 db main tubes) Falcon purchased around 1968 or 69. I upgraded it to a Nuovo Record and added Zeus crank, then the bike got stolen. The derailleur is nearly complete. I think I cannibalized the idler wheels for a brass Record, but I do have the original wheels.

We can compare parts if you'd like, seein' how you're local.

Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI


-------------- Original message --------------
From: marcus.e.helman@gm.com

> I have an old Campagnolo Gran Sport rear derailleur. It is chrome plated

\r?\n> bronze. I know almost nothing about these, but my sense is that they

\r?\n> developed very rapidly in the 50s, sometimes changing within a single

\r?\n> year. Is there a resource for understanding the evolution of these

\r?\n> derailleurs? I found John Siemsen's Pave album in Wool Jersey, but that

\r?\n> doesn't document the history of the derailleurs.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Best regards,,

\r?\n> Marcus Helman

\r?\n> Huntington Woods, MI