[CR]re: Rarest Campy Part

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 23:31:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]re: Rarest Campy Part

For a short while in 1977 only, a full Campagnolo Grouppo came with a quite frame rare accessory, to make it street-legal in the USA :

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/campagnolo/Campagnolo_CPSC_Reflector.JPG

This part was only part of a full grouppo purchase, straight from Campagnolo, in a boxed grouppo-set. If you bought parts from a typical american supplier (such as Bike Warehouse or Turin Cyclery Co-Op), they got their stuff through the bike maker after-market and this part was not included. These were only available on full grouppos purchased through the Ochsner USA distributor in 1977 !!! http://www.ochsnerusa-store.com/

I'd say that this has to be the rarest campagnolo part, hands down! It's the only one I've ever seen !!

- Don :-) Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA