Re: [Classicrendezvous] Barelli pedals

(Example: Racing)

Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:10:13 -0500
From: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
Organization: Bilenkey Design Group
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Barelli pedals
References: <a6.be3ae48.27405c94@aol.com>


OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> We sold these pedals in the late 1970s and they were indeed very smooth and
> beautifully finished. They were also priced up there with the other top
> pedals of the era, Campag 1037A, TA and Phil CHP sealed bearing.
>
> The cages were replaceable which was a good thing as the use with shoe cleats
> of the day had a tendency to bend the plates in. They only were produced for
> a few years, fading well before Look clipless knocked out almost all
> traditional pedals. I always wondered how Barelli came to be the name for a
> British product.. Whether it was someone's name or an attempt to sound
> fashionably Italian?
>
> Dale Brown

Speaking of these pedals, I've a pair I picked up used quite cheap from a rider in town. They spin wonderfully, but the dustcaps are pretty beat up. There wouldn't by chance be anyone out there with a pair of Barelli pedal dustcaps they'd consider selling would there?

David
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David Bilenkey
dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
In just above freezing Ottawa. :-)