> > Campagnolo road (Strada) axle markings in Catalog 17: > > 68-SS-120 > > 70-SS-120 > > FWIW, my NR Strada spindle from '85 is only marked 68-SS, > and the catalog No. 18 lists them that way also -- only > the Pista spindles are differentiated by adding 100 or > 120.
Charles,
By the mid-1980s, Campagnolo had lost all discipline, as far
as bottom bracket spindle markings were concerned. The latter,
111mm symmetrical Athena/Chorus spindles are also marked only
with "68-SS" or "70-SS". Also, some latter spindles, intended
for thick wall cups, have a block oxide finish - like the
earlier spindles meant for thin walled cups.
But when Catalogue 17 was printed, even the demi-gods in
Vicenza couldn't predict the confusion that would eventually
prevail in the future.
Fred "Spindle-ologist" Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)