Re: [CR]Super Record Pista Headset Washer

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:00:20 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Super Record Pista Headset Washer
References: <868880.8031.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <868880.8031.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Since we are speaking of the Pista headsets, did SR Pista headsets
> have a lower stack height than SR Strada headsets, as was the case
> for NR headsets? And while we are on the subject, why were NR Pista
> a lower stack than Strada, or for that matter, why did Campy make
> different headsets for road and track in the first place?

The stack height is lower because the Pista headsets use smaller bearings than the Strada headsets. Why did they use smaller bearings? I don't know, but perhaps tracks were assumed to be smoother than roads?

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA