Re: [CR]Shimano Dura-Ace 10-Pitch

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:49:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: "dean 53x13" <dpcowboy54@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Shimano Dura-Ace 10-Pitch
To: galen pewtherer <dolface@gmail.com>, devotion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <852b38f0803191020j711dab40j97adda20dd04401f@mail.gmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Not true. I saw it in the U.S. at the Shimano booth@bike/trade shows inb '77-'80. I also saw it displayed in the packaging/shipping/display cases in several shops in Europe...mid to late 80's. Seemed to have been OS the shop owner was trying to dump. Shoulda sprung for it. The 10 track groups were sold in the U.S. quite frequently in the early 80's. I had a group, and knew of several others who had them. FWIW, Dean Patterson Alpine CA USA

galen pewtherer <dolface@gmail.com> wrote: I've seen that scan as well, and did a bunch of digging to try to find out if the 10-pitch road stuff was ever produced. As far as I can tell the road group was vaporware; I haven't been able to find anyone who's ever seen a single piece of it.

Galen "likes his 10-pitch track group" Pewtherer San Francisco, California, USA

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:35 PM, devotion finesse wrote:
>
> I have been reading with great interest a discussion on anothery cycling fo
> rum regarding the Dura-Ace 10-Pitch drive train produced briefly in the lat
> e 70's.
> I have only ever seen a track/keirin version.
> Yet a fellow NYC CR fellow who happens to have a bit of a "thing" for vinta
> ge Japanese track bikes has posted a 1976 catalog image which states: "Dura
> -Ace 10 Road System Components Ensemble will be introduced in 1977".
> Does anyone know if either prototype or production versions of the road gro
> up exist? Do you own one? Can you share pictures?
>
> Matthew "trying unsuccessfully to avoid a new bike part obsession" Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
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-- -galen _______________________________________________

Dean Patterson Alpine, CA, USA DPCowboy

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