It´s good to have friends, of course, but sometimes things can get a
little too good.
People knew that I was in the market for those four little parts that turn a standard Campag two bolt seatpin into the magical mystery item that takes the Brooks Campag Competition narrow rail saddle made between, I think, 1959 and 1962.
When these parts turned up on Ebay recently, those friendly people also
remembered that I do not take part in electric auctions, so one sent a
mail saying if I didn´t want the items, and someone else got another
set for me. It seems that one auction covered two sets, at least, or so
I gather. It dawned on me only later that in this I had lost my Ebay virginity, but takava selavee, as they say in Russia.
What I have now is one saddle and two sets of fittings, so I´d like to
plough one set back into the system. Don´t think I´m doing this for
altruistic motives alone; I paid fifty US-Dollars for one set, plus postage, so if anyone is willing to pay me back my fifty Dollars, inclusive of shipping anywhere in the world, I´d be happy to let those
things go again. Perhaps there will be an offer to trade the parts?
Contrary to what was said in the Ebay description I would not say that
the fittings are NOS. They certainly do not show any signs of abuse, but I´d rather be more conservative and describe them as having been
taken off a new or very, very slightly used seatpin.
Also contrary to what was said in the same description, I´m not sure if there ever was a narrow rail Idéale saddle, and should there have been
one, if the fittings are ok for it. There was another auction recently
which said that the fittings do not go on a standard two bolt Campag seatpin, but mine do. I have tried one of my sets and it now graces my
ca. 1962 Cinelli SC.
Regards,
Toni Theilmeier, Belm, Germany.