Re: [CR]Re: Campy brake spring variations

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Campy brake spring variations
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:53:15 -0500


Could the matte finish have been for ID reasons, to help differentiate betwen the two springs?

Also, a different material might have been difficult to plate with decorative chrome.

Aldo Ross


----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Boral
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Campy brake spring variations



> Dale,
>
> Your observation is the logical one. However, I personally have no official
> knowledge of why Campy went to a smaller diameter wire gauge. I would assume
> the matte finish was done for economic reasons.
>
> Marc
>
> OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
>
> > << I notice on mine the
> > > > springs are in a mat silver finish not bright chrome
> > > > like on the SRs. >>
> >
> > In the dark dusky recesses of my mind I seem to recall a change to a matte
> > finish spring that had a softer rate, which I think was an interim answer to
> > the Shimano's softer return feel. Marc do you know about that?
> >
> > Dale Brown
> > Greensboro, North Carolina