[CR]Campy dropouts-how short is short?

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0700
From: Gary Watts <watts.gary@gmail.com>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Campy dropouts-how short is short?

Scott Demel was asking how short "short" Campy dropouts are. This is a good picture of "long" Campy dropouts:

http://www.ritzelrechner.de/colnago/col1.JPG

Note the "Brev. Campagnolo" stamping goes only on the upper face in a straight line. On Scott's page, the first picture shows the "COLNAGO" stamped around the curved end of the dropout:

http://www.demel.net/bicycle/colnago/

This is a "short" dropout. I have never actually measured the different in length but it's around 5-6mm (guessing).

Gary Watts Vancouver, WA

P.S. Yes, I talked about doing the Colnago timeline page and have completely flaked out. Pictures are certainly helpful but the new timeline posted these last couple days is an improvement. Thanks to all the contributed.