I appologize if I've missed some of the thread and this is redundent. 1973 dated SR rear's do exist - I have one on a bike. This doesn't mean that there are many - but they are out there. As Raleigh was listing SR rears in 1973 or 1974, I suspect that mine is not the only pre-75 one floating around. Now, does anyone have the Ti axles that never really came out - those would really be quite the find.
Mike "maybe I'd better stop ridding that Cinelli with the 73 SR rear in the woods" Kone
At 01:42 PM 3/18/01, peter naiman wrote:
>David: I got my information on the vintage of that derailleur from Ken Denny
>before I posted it. Ken's info was that the first year was the only year a
>date was not put next to the word "patent". A few years ago I bought two
>Teledynes out of the Southwest with full first generation SR. There was a
>minor argument at the time among friends as to what the first year of SR
>was. Seems finally resolved. Peter Naiman
>
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>>From: "David Goerndt" <davidg@iag.net>
>>To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>>Subject: [CR]early SR Derailleur.
>>Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 02:50:36 -0500
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>>The 1973 Campy catalog (No. 17) has a Super Record derailleur listed
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>>David Goerndt