[CR]Now:Other Campy Oddities, Now:OMAS, Was:Solid Campy seatpost?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:17:49 EST
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
CC: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Now:Other Campy Oddities, Now:OMAS, Was:Solid Campy seatpost?

In a message dated 1/29/01 9:52:37 AM PST, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
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> > Campy Super Record brake caliper with Campy made titanium main pivot bolts.
> > Saw that one on the Pinarello that Battaglin won the 84 World
> > Championships--hope I can sneak in a 84 vintage item and still be on topic.
>
> These titanium pivot bolts were an aftermarket item made and sold by
> OMAS in the 1970s and 1980s. They made kits to substitute aluminum and
> titanium bolts, nuts, and fittings on Campagnolo Nuovo and Super Record
> seat posts, brake calipers, derailleurs, cranks, and stems. OMAS was
> also the maker of the Super Record pedal axles and bottom bracket axles.
> There was also a company called Pedrini doing the same thing in the
> 1970s
> Chuck, I guess that would make sense to me, but the darn spring-holder portion of the pivot bolt was stamped Campagnolo. It seems to me that there was some discussion on the list a couple of months back that involved Campagnolo stamped Aluminum SR rear derailleur bolts. Were those presumably also made by OMAS? Again, I would love to hear other's experience with more uncommon Campy Oddities. Cheers,

David--"the more I know, the more I realize that I don't know"--Anderson