Is it coincidence that I take a comedy tumble a week or so ago and now find myself in the market place for a CHESINI right-hand down tube shifter that could not be better described than picture six on the eBay Zullo offer.
I have a left and a bent right but need a straight pair. I offered to buy that pair from the Zullo but no deal and far enough but the 'C' might not stand for 'Campagnolo' as suggested.
So I turn to you the CR list for the improbable and unique - does anyone one have a right-hand straight `CHESINI' pantograph down tube shifter?
Doug Branson London UK
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> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:52:19 -0700
> From: Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com>
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> Weren't those upright seat tube angles kind of an '80s trigeek fad?
>
> Interesting bike, and glad to finally hopefully figure out what brand-
> Zullo- those "Super Record" panto bits that pop up on ebay come from.
> But why the Chesini shifters and seatpost on the ebay bike? Was there
> a Chesini-Zullo connection, or are this panto bits unambiguously wrong
> for that bike?
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham, Washington
> USA
>
> 2009/9/10 Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>:
>> this zullo under discussion:
>>
>> this potential fixed-gear :
>>
>> ?http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>> has a very steep seat-tube. ?I had not ridden something like that for a long
>> time, then earlier this year I happened to ride a bike with that feature and
>> it was disconcerting: ?you feel like you're perched up there, with weight
>> thrown forward onto your hands and shoulders. ?Not very pleasant
>> actually..although I hasten to add the bike on ebay looks very attractive,
>> and if you like that sort of thing it's probably be quite satisfying.
>> ?Wouldn't surprise me if it had a 75 degree seat-tube, or more, though.
>>
>> Charles andrews
>> Los Angeles
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> From: Freek Faro <khun.freek@gmail.com>
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> I believe the mix of 'Super Record' black and panto'd parts and the
> 'Chesini' panto'd parts is just a mix-up (or deliberately) that happened in
> the shop (Van Herwerden, you can google them), since they were big in
> Chesini and Zullini. Not Zullo.
>
> Freek Faro
> Rotterdam (not far from Voorburg) Netherlands
>
> 2009/9/10 Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com>
>
>> Weren't those upright seat tube angles kind of an '80s trigeek fad?
>>
>> Interesting bike, and glad to finally hopefully figure out what brand-
>> Zullo- those "Super Record" panto bits that pop up on ebay come from.
>> But why the Chesini shifters and seatpost on the ebay bike? Was there
>> a Chesini-Zullo connection, or are this panto bits unambiguously wrong
>> for that bike?
>>
>> Kurt Sperry
>> Bellingham, Washington
>> USA
>>
>> 2009/9/10 Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>:
>>> this zullo under discussion:
>>>
>>> this potential fixed-gear :
>>>
>>> http://ebay.com/
>>>
>>> has a very steep seat-tube. I had not ridden something like that for a
>> long time, then earlier this year I happened to ride a bike with that
>> feature and it was disconcerting: you feel like you're perched up there,
>> with weight thrown forward onto your hands and shoulders. Not very pleasant
>> actually..although I hasten to add the bike on ebay looks very attractive,
>> and if you like that sort of thing it's probably be quite satisfying.
>> Wouldn't surprise me if it had a 75 degree seat-tube, or more, though.
>>>
>>> Charles andrews
>>> Los Angeles