Re: [CR] Campy Brake Shoes - Removing the Black Plastic

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From: "Hennie van Leeuwen" <hjleeuw@tiscali.nl>
To: accobra <accobra@peoplepc.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <5D0AF92622824BCB98C0497B9EEC2AEC@MarkPC>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:35:35 +0200
Subject: Re: [CR] Campy Brake Shoes - Removing the Black Plastic


If you are lucky ! I removed the covering from several brake shoes. I guess one out of ten was similar to the older style with the Brev etc markings. Probably old stock when the factory introduced the covered ones.

Kind regards,

Hennie van Leeuwen
Veenendaal, Holland


----- Original Message -----
From: accobra
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:38 AM
Subject: [CR] Campy Brake Shoes - Removing the Black Plastic



> If I remove the black plastic covering on the late 70's/early 80's
> Campagnolo brake shoes, will they then look identical to the earlier Campy
> brake shoes with the "BREV. INTER. CAMPAGNOLO" markings on the wheel
> guides? Are they fully chromed under that plastic? I'm sure someone has
> checked this out. Please let me know before I sacrifice a set of later
> shoes by trying to melt or scrape the plastic off. Thanks
>
> Mark Winkelman
> Dallas, Texas
> USA