Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?

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From: "Diane Feldman" <feldmanbike@home.com>
To: "Moos, Jerry" <jmoos@urc.com>, "'Lee Berg'" <lberg@ventoux.com>, "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
Cc: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:27:04 -0700


The offered group appears to be the first-generation (@1988) Athena group. Newer cheap Campy hubs from Taiwan? I've overhauled a bunch of them and wouldn't doubt it. The Mirage and Veloce front hubs are about Joytech quality and the cones look like Joytech. David Feldman


----- Original Message -----
From: "Moos, Jerry"
To: 'Lee Berg'
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?



> I'm not very up on my C-Record and later Campy, but I agree that the brakes
> and also pedals look like Victory or Triomphe. The derailleurs and cranks
> could be late Victory or Triomphe or maybe early Chorus or Athena. So I'm
> not sure this is even a complete gruppo of the same model, and even if it
> is, none of the parts appear to be Record. Of course he said "upper end"
> not "top end", but that kind of clever wording makes me suspicious.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Berg [mailto:lberg@ventoux.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:51 PM
> To: Aldo Ross
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Taiwanese Campy?
>
>
> The cranks look to be newer (appear to be low end and have the
> mid-/late-'90s logo and chain pickup pins on the large chainring; the
> photo is none too clear) than the (Triomphe?, Victory? cheapo QR) brake
> calipers . Doesn't look like "upper end" or a real "groupset" to me.
>
> Lee Berg
> Palo Alto
>
>
> Aldo Ross wrote:
> >
> > Please read this ad on eBay:
> >
> > http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> > Since when has Campy made anything in Taiwan???
> >
> > Incredulously,
> >
> > Aldo Ross