Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:56:39 -0700
From: "Lee Berg" <lberg@ventoux.com>
To: Diane Feldman <feldmanbike@home.com>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?
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As I suspected: this is a mish-mash and not all the same "group". I contacted the seller and he said:
> I would say it's an Athena groupset, other than the cranks which are branded
> "Avanti." It's hard to say because all the parts only have Campagnolo
> scripted on them. I was given Victory, Triumphe & Athena boxes with this
> set. I wasn't concerned because Campagnolo often box the same part under
> different model names. For instance, I have seen the same Campagnolo pedal
> boxed as branded as Victory, Chorus & Athena, over the years in their
> catalogue. The brake levers cables can be routed either aero or classical
> style. They look like the levers from a C-Record Delta set, and the
> calipers look like the old Record ones.

So, he got the parts in separate boxes and put them in the case in the picture. Kinda dubious for the seller to title it "NOS Classic '80s Campagnolo Groupset/Gruppo", I would say.

Lee Berg Palo Alto

Diane Feldman wrote:
>
> The offered group appears to be the first-generation (@1988) Athena group.

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