Mike Kone wrote:
> At a swap meet once...
> Years ago I walk into a swap meet and the first thing I see is a
> pair of Campy Con Denti pedals with a big price tag of $5 on them.
> I simply hand over my $5 and the seller seemed perfectly happy. (cut)
I've got a "con denti" story too!
I made a deal to buy a Made in Milano '72 Masi G.C. off of rec.bicycles.marketplace newsgroup (many years ago) from a guy in San Francisco. Drove up to SF the next morning to give him the money and get the bike. When I arrived he asked me what the deal was with a Masi G.C. because his phone was ringing off the hook with offers much higher than our agreed upon price (twice what he paid for the bike new). Before he told me their names I named them for him off the top of my head ("round up the usual suspects"). He was an honorable guy and honored our deal. While I was putting the bike in the back of my car he said he had some parts that he didn't have any use for which included some 165mm Campagnolo cranks with one con denti track pedal permanently stuck in the crank and the matching one loose. They were barely ridden because they were off his wife's bike and (after I removed the offending pedal) were perfect, years later, for my restored '63 Masi Special!
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)