Richard Robinson wrote:
Wow! Why are these Campy brakes going for so much? Long reach? I thought there were only "Normal" reach and "Short" reach sets. Could it be the hoods? See the below link...
(and Tom Dalton gave an accurate answer to the question of why these brakes were going for as much as they are: the levers and hoods, mainly)
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I have a tangential question: These brakes have *PATENT* stamped on the brake-bolt fitting that holds the spring. Am I mistaken here, or is it the case that the *PATENT* stamp on the brake bolt came later, and the earlier brakes were stamped *BREV. CAMP* on the brake bolt? Or were both stamps used simultaneously? A set of no-stamp brakes I have here, have *BREV. CAMP* stamped on the bolt...arguing for that as the earlier stamp..(duh)... I will say that pre-CPSC short-reach calipers do not seem to be as common as the longer-reach calipers. This might also account for the price, a little, anyway.
Charles "student of pointless campagnolo trivia" Andrews Los Angeles