Re: [CR] Mythic Early SR Lever, afterward

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To: brdstockwell@yahoo.com
Cc: mark@bulgier.net, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Mythic Early SR Lever, afterward
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 21:35:01 -0500

it's interesting how the placement of the campagnolo engraving differs from the left to the right lever; clearly, one is higher than the other: http://ebay.com/<blah &photoDisplayType=2#ebaylargephotohosting>

all the duane scans are from my catalogs and i'm still not a 'believer', though i'm ready for some hard evidence that these were really made. the campagnolo catalogs 'don't count' because they are drawings, not photographs. one of our euro-peers emailed me last week and said he actually found 2 pair of the mythical levers. i can't wait! p.s. i think that the lever shape changed waaaay before 78. e-RICHIE cross-in-the-a.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:25:55 -0800 (PST) brad stockwell <brdstockwell@yahoo.com> writes:
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> I'm intrigued by your post, curious about what you're getting at.
> --Mark Bulgier
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> Mark:
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> There's a group of folks on the list who don't believe in early SR
> levers (Campy brake levers of the pre-78 long-reach style with
> "Super Record" drilling) -- despite the fact that they are pictured
> in Benotto catalog#2, 4.jpg, on the bates-lee scan-tastic
> catalog-o-rama-thon and also in the original Austro Daimler
> Superleicht brochure/poster (Stey?r Daimler Puch 1975), and also on
> Merckx's bike during 1975 (eg see CycleSport Feb'98 pg 26, Merckx
> climbing through the snow in the rainbow jersey).
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> In these less-self-absorbed, post 9/11 days it isn't really of any
> importance, of course, but among the disbelievers one 'grassy-knoll'
> theory was that the catalogs just show re-touched photos of ordinary
> levers. And that perhaps Merckx's or other levers were
> custom-drilled one-offs.
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> So along comes ebay item #1574399272 which appears to show a photo
> of an actual old-style lever with Super Record perforations.
> Further, the perforations are elongated like they might be if the
> sheet metal was perforated prior to being formed into a lever. So I
> couldn't help but be curious how the disbelievers might interpret
> the entrails.
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> Surprisingly, the seller argues in the auction text that the
> levers are of no consequence because the holes are
> punched-not-drilled.
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> So far no one has recanted! What fun is that? I give it up.
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> Brad Stockwell
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> Palo Alto
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