Re: [CR]Campagnolo Tenditore del Piedino tool Was:Re-raking confente forks

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From: <"brianbaylis@juno.com">
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:40:50 GMT
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo Tenditore del Piedino tool Was:Re-raking confente forks
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Chuck,

I've been really busy moving lately, but this post really made me

laugh, after reading Jay's responce. Chuck, you're PRICELESS, and I'm

quite sure you will master the leg pulling tool very soon. Looking

forward to it!

Just bought another Campag tool kit the other day, but alas there was

no leg puller in this one either. Pergs, I want my money back!! ;-)

Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA OK, enough goofing on the list, back to work for me.


-- Chuck Schmidt wrote:


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