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Hey Fred: If you look at one of those 1980s color anodized Campagnonolo BMX single chain ring cranks sets, they simply took a double rtoad crank and machined off the rearmost shelf.. No reason why you couldn't do something similar...
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina? USA
-----Original Message----- From: saint09@bellsouth.net To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 8:05 pm Subject: [CR] Help!
Okay guys and gals, this may seem like a stupid question, but I have an old Cilo
bike that I wanted to dress up with a vintage "deco" style chainguard which
means doing away with the front derailleur and going to single chainring crank.
Is it possible to convert a double ring crank to a single or do I have to buy a
single? Also I think I remember Campy made a single shift lever set at one time.
This will be a five speed since I want to retain the old five cog freewheel.
It's just a potential project so feel free to call me crazy or whatever, but I
love the look of the chainguard and don't have the proper bike that I can use it
on. The chainguard cost more than than what I paid for the bike. The Cilo
pesently has Campy Victory components, vintage fenders, racks, and vintage
French lights. It's all about appearance rather than authenticity.
Fred Durrette
Summerville, SC