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John Proch La Grange, Texas
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: John D Proch <johnprochss@yahoo.com> To: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 5:49:01 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Skewer murder, was: WTB - 1980 Campy qr skewer
Hi Don,
Modification on the seat binder bolt.
John Proch La Grange, Texas
________________________________ From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: hmsachs@verizon.net Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 5:16:18 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Skewer murder, was: WTB - 1980 Campy qr skewer
Have you considered using a genuine 3mm or 6mm campy spacer so that your genuine Campy seatlug QR will fit on the overly narrow seat lug?? Elegent, Imho, and 100% PETC-Approved (People for the Ethical Treatment of Campagnolo.)
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA
>
> This is what I am looking to do -
> http://www.firstflightbikes.com/
>
> I purchased the seat binder that looks like this but it is too large for the
> frame -
> http://media.photobucket.com/
>
> Was the one pictured above a production item?
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Harvey Sachs <hmsachs(AT)verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > A few years ago, ListMeister's Cycles d'Oro had the original Campy QR seat
> > binders in stock, might still. Are you challenging us to cough one up, lest
> > you sacrifice a real Campy hub QR? I might succumb to such blackmail if I
> > still have one of the seat binders...
> >
> > harvey sachs
> > mcLean va
> > +++++++++++++++++
> > Noah John Gellner wrote:
> > I am looking for an aesthetically nice Campagnolo Record quick release
> > skewer. I am planning to cut it down to make a seat quick release skewer.
> > It will be going on a Joe Breeze restoration from 1980 that I am working on.