Your late SR bike is screaming out for Simplex retrofrictons. That way you can avoid the too-new Campy retros and instead have the shifters that so many pros were actually using before C came around. I imagine it was all those Campy-equipped teams running Simplexes that inspired the C-record shifter. To it's credit, it was a bit smoother than the Simplex, and had the correct cable wrap for a Campy derailleur. Both types of retrofriction were more failure-prone than the old nylon-bushing Campys.
Tom Dalton
> I'm with Chuck Schmidt on the pinnacle issue. I
> favor a bike with the last of
> the Super Record group. Mine would be (is) a Cinelli
> with Cinelli VIP
> bar/saddle combo. My only era cheat would be
> C-Record retrofriction shifters.
>
> Failing that, an early C-Record bike with Cobaltos
> and retrofriction (like my
> Della Santa). For my part it's a very tough call as
> to which was/is tops.
>
> Randy
> Corral De Tierra, Ca.
>
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