Re: [CR] WTB : Dura-Ace Downtube, Chainstay hardware, 1st-gen

Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:38:48 -0400
From: Marcus Coles <marcoles@ody.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <20100528050143.EC09619D8D@ug6.ece.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20100528050143.EC09619D8D@ug6.ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] WTB : Dura-Ace Downtube, Chainstay hardware, 1st-gen

On 28/05/10 01:01 AM, donald gillies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for all 3 pieces of dura ace cable routing hardware, as
> depicted in the middle of this catalog photo from 1974 :
>
> http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Dura-Ace-74/03%20Dura-Ace-1974%20Road%20Ensemble%202.jpg
>
> Can someone tell me if the hardware actually says "Dura Ace" ?? If
> you have any spare hardware for sale, or are looking for a trade, or
> even if you have similar non-Dura Ace shimano hardware, please let me
> know, thanks !!
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA
>

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/shimano1973/pages/da5.html You can almost see the Shimano logo if you squint and use your imagination. Maybe somebody with some image manipulation skills can pull it up.

The cable guide looks different than anything I have in my stash and the bands appear tapered, more refined in cross section than my few examples of early lower level Shimano hardware.

Marcus Coles
London, Ontario, Canada