Didn't the Syncro I have a knurled knob and the Syncro II have the lever? I just sent what parts I had left, which I recalled as being first generation, or Syncro I, with the knurled ring, to Walt. They could be set up to index with six speed freewheels, although not terribly successfully.
Wayne Bingham
-----Original Message----- From: Marc Boral [mailto:mbikealive@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:07 PM To: Russ Fitzgerald Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Funky Campagnolo shifters ...
Those are original Syncro. Marc Boral
Russ Fitzgerald wrote:
> Fellow Classicists,
>
> This may be later than we normally discuss, but I recently picked up a
> strange set of Campagnolo shifters while in the process of buying out an
> area shop's stock of downtube levers.
>
> The braze-on shifters in question have the shield logo with wings; an
> angular shape; and the right/rear shifter is wider than the left, and has
a
> smaller lever on the outside of it. They're shopworn, but are still
fitted
> to bluish-purple plastic discs (that also have the same logo). Mike at
the
> shop believed they were new, unsold stuff from years back, and said he
> thought they were early C-Record. Anybody familiar with these?
>
> Thanks,
> Russ Fitzgerald
> Greenwood SC
> rfitzger@emeraldis.com