Re: [CR]Pix of Campagnolo seatpost, first generation

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Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:21:36 -0700
To: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Joseph Bender-Zanoni" <jfbender@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pix of Campagnolo seatpost, first generation
In-Reply-To: <006c01c0e3c3$2d98f260$6cf9fea9@jim2>
References: <3B0C10E0.79B3@earthlink.net>


Just imagine it with a Swallow saddle and it works like a charm!

Joe

At 04:01 PM 5/23/01 -0400, Aldo Ross wrote:
>Now imagine that same Campy steel post, but with socket-head cap screws
>mounted from beneath, and threaded upper clamps. Would have saved many
>thousands of manhours adjusting saddles.
>
>What might have been...
>
>Aldo
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:35 PM
>Subject: [CR]Pix of Campagnolo seatpost, first generation
>
>
>> There is a nice picture of the clamp configuration of the first
>> generation Campagnolo seatpost (steel version) for those who have never
>> seen one. The Timeline lists the intro at 1956, but I don't know when
>> it was first given to Fausto Coppi to use. They were known to crack at
>> the point where the head was brazed to the tube and were recalled at
>> some point (anyone know the date?).
>>
>> http://ebay.com/<blah
>>
>> Chuck Schmidt
>> South Pasadena, California
>> http://www.velo-retro.com (Campy Timeline)