Re: [CR]Campagnolo shifter identification, please?

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From: "Tom Dalton" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo shifter identification, please?
To: David Benson <tech@worrall.co.nz>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <3DC07629.20707@worrall.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:45:09 -0800 (PST)

The two lever model is syncro 1. Syncro 2 mainatined friction option for a while. A larger-wrap Syncro 2 came out in 1990 to go with the dual spring (Shimano) rear der. This larger wrap model was later modified and the friction option dropped (around 1992). After five years of trying to make an indexed shifter with a friction option they had given up. That's when the lever started to index properly. Funny, Shimano always had the friction option, since 1984, and it always indexed well. Campy's mistake IMHO is that they were committed to keeping the shifter servicable. Shimano's approach set all the clearances etc correctly at the factory, no fuss. Servicability is nice, but it is a shifter forcrissakes, if it screws up, it's trash or warranty. Modern Campy shifters still maintain servicability at the expense of good overall function. Seal it and forget it, I say. This is the modern world... Dalton Bethlehem, PA David Benson <tech@worrall.co.nz> wrote:Thats a Campagnolo Synchro index shifter. The smaller lever converts the action from index to friction. From memory this would be about 1987-89. The Synchro 2 lever lacked the friction option. DB Auckland, NZ

Tom Hayes wrote:
>I have a set of Campagnolo shifters (thank you, Russ) that I would like to
>identify and understand. They are braze-on, with highly polished smooth
>shifter arms, with the winged logo toward the top. The rear derailleur
>shifter, the one I need understand its function, has a small lever mounted
>next to the big shifter. The smaller lever can be moved forward (ahead of
>the regular lever). When so moved, one can see two small holes, one
>smaller than the other, and each hole containing a set screw that can be
>accessed from the other side of the smaller lever. (I suppose a picture
>here might be worth those hundred or so words, huh?)
>
>Does anyone know, based on that description (or I could send a jpeg), which
>model of shifter this is and what function the smaller shifter and the two
>sets screws perform?
>
>Once again, thank you for your knowledge and thanks to Dale for providing
>the forum (got to get the yearly public thanks to Dale. Watch him rule
>this as an "atta boy" and kick me off the list.)
>
>Cheers.
>
>Tom
>
>Tom Hayes
>18585 Munn Road
>Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023
>hayesbikes@nls.net
>hayes@jcu.edu
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