Matt, then what's the origin of the six-bolt, smaller
bolt circle cranks that Colnago and Celo sold with
triple rings in the early 80's? Did someone like
Ofmega or Gipiemme make those?
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> Eric,
> There are others more qualified (Marc) to reply but
> I'll relate what I know.
> I don't think it was only one company as much as a
> style of tricking out
> standard Campy parts. I have seen different styles
> and treatments mostly
> all centered around Colnago's. Brake calipers and
> cranks got most of the
> attention in the milling, polishing and reprofiling.
> I have a 30th
> Anniversary
> 1984 Colnago Master Equilaterial in brutal
> red...CHROME head lugs,
> bottom-bracket, seat-cluster, brake-bridge,
> drop-outs ect. The gruppo is
> a Colnago 30th Anniversary Campy Super Record. The
> cranks are reprofiled,
> polished and pantographed as are the brake calipers.
> The brake and shift
> levers are polished and engraved as well....In fact
> everything seems
> engraved.
>
> "Nothing exceeds like excess!" I ride this bike
> several times a year....It
> hangs over my desk in my home office and recently
> took a 2nd place at a
> Concours in Huntington Beach, CA. It's a blast to
> ride but I have a few
> other
> Colnagos to ride as well.
>
> Matt Gorski
> Belmont Shore, CA
>
>
> > I know that the Campy NR/SR cranks with the
> "Mexico" treatment had been
> > discussed a long time ago but I admit I was not
> paying much attention back
> > then. Couple of questions.
> > 1. What company did the machining and polishing?
> > 2. Where they all done exactly the same or are
> there differences?
> > 3. Were they available only on certain bikes (like
> my OLMO) or available
> > individually?
> > 4. Were they regular cranks that were de-anodized
> then machined?
> > 5. Were they always polished aluminium and not
> anodized? On this last
> > question, up till now I have only seen polished
> ones but I just recieved
> > some jpegs of a very nice OLMO for sale on the
> Campy Only site. This OLMO
> > has the Mexico'd cranks but while the arms are
> polished and shiny, the
> > spider part is anodized just like normal. How
> could this affect be
> achieved
> > and how common was this effect on them?
> > 6. Lastly, my set is all polished aluminium but
> despite how much I polish
> > and buff them they have darker "stains/speckles"
> about the size of crushed
> > pepper in them that will not come out. The stains
> are only noticable when
> > you look closely but are there none the less - any
> ideas on the cause and
> > any possible way to eliminate these dark marks?
> >
> > Eric "full'a questions tonight" Elman
> > Somers, CT
> >
> >
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