On Apr 24, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Morgan Fletcher wrote:
> Jay Sexton wrote:
>> Yeah. Perhaps you could post photos of the process, step by
>> step? THIS I would find interesting.
>>
>> How are you going to do this without damaging the paint?
>
> I have a feeling the Campagnolo leg-pulling (Italian thread) tool
> will be involved.
>
> Morgan Fletcher
> Oakland, CA
Yeah, I've been collecting classic Italian bicycle tools from the mid 1930s and came across this Campagnolo tool called a "Tenditore del Piedino". The seller informed me that this was the beyond rare English threaded version that he didn't even know existed as he was only familiar with the Italian, French and Swiss threaded versions.
I bought it but never fully understood what its purpose was (my grasp of the Italian language is non existant unfortunately) and only the other day found out what it meant: "Tenditore del Piedino" = leg- puller. Funny, me of all people, never noticing it right there in Catalogo Campagnolo!
Anyway, I decided to try it out for the first time today on the CR list. It takes a little practice to use the Campagnolo Tenditore del Piedino correctly, so I'm not quite there yet. Just wait till I truly master the finer points of the correct use of a Tenditore del Piedino. Then the fun begins...
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA