Cable stop Campy Record fronts, was [CR]Raleigh Pro Help

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "H.M. & S.S. Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
Subject: Cable stop Campy Record fronts, was [CR]Raleigh Pro Help
Cc: CYCLESTORE@aol.com
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 10:29:47 -0400

Gilbert Anderson wrote:

Had a friend who just bought a 1965 or so Raleigh Pro. It is white with pretty rings on the seatube. Some parts are modern (1974 style) including a Super Record Front changer (with CPSC lip too). The rub is it has a downtube cable stop and the campag derailleur was designed for a bare cable running through the clampon, brazed on or under Bottom bracket guide. I need to locate a derailleur with a place for a cable stop that is more or less period correct. Does anyone know what this originally came with?

Yes, Virginia (and Gilbert), there was an early Campy record front with the cable stop; I have one on my '61 Paramount, and one on my '65 (?) Sears Ted Williams Sport Racing. They are apparently rare by now. The sense I've had at Cirque and other swaps is that they fetch considerably more than the later models, but the market is so "thin" that I don't regard that as reliable.

If you insist on staying with the water-trap approach (with cable stop), there are a couple of options that come to mind, but not with the same panache of the original. My choice would be the bullet-proof but lower caste Huret Allvit, for its parallelogram. An alternative is the Campy Gran Sport/Valentino "box" with its quick-clog shaft movement. But I don't feel strongly about this...

Good luck!

harvey sachs
mcLean va