Re: [CR]Cyclo-Pedia prices

(Example: Bike Shops)

From: <GPVB1@cs.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:08:53 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Cyclo-Pedia prices
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Um, I think you may have mis-read my post with the Cyclo-Pedia prices.

(Probably right before you edited out my name and address...). ;-)

Your prices sound even "awesomer" than mine, though!

I'll take 57 of those 151 BCD cranksets in 175mm!!!!

Greg "grrrr..." Parker Still Ann Arbor, MI USA


> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 20:20:18 -0500
> From: "H.M. &S.S. Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Cyclo-Pedia prices
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> Steve's prices from the '82 CycloPedia catalog drove me to look back at my
> oldest, the 1966 (?) 7th Edition. Campy (151 BCD) Crank set, w. BB,
> $39. Campy Record HF hubs, w. QR, $16.95/pr; Campy record rear derailleur,
>
> $13.95 with cable, housing, and lever; $11.90 w/o the accessories.
>
> Dollars were MUCH bigger then, and there were about 1/4 as many in the
> average paycheck...
>
> Life for me is better now.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean Va
>
> >From: Steve Kurt <kurtsj@mtco.com>
> >To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: [CR]Re: Campy bottom bracket codes
> >
> >
> >Howdy gang,
> >regarding the codes on Campy bottom bracket axles: the
> >1974 Cyclo-Pedia catalog had a nice chart showing the
> >axle lengths, codes, uses (road vs track), etc. It
> >even shows the details of how much axle extends past
> >the cups on both sides! Lots more detail than you'll
> >ever find in a catalog nowdays!
> > You can find this on page 14 of the catalog, which
> >can be viewed courtesy of Mark Bulgier and his huge
> >tracts of hard drive:
> >http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/catalogs/cyclo-pedia-74/
>
> <snip>
>
> Great reference! Thanks. Living only a couple hours from Cadillac and
> Midland, Michigan, I used to practically memorize my Cyclo-Pedia catalogs,
> and bought lots of Campy small parts (and an occasional der. or crank when
> I
> could scrape up the dough) from them in the "old days."
>
> (BTW, my Cyclo-Pedia catalog lists a "68-SL-120" spindle - what's that?)
>
> Here are some prices from 1982 that I still have the invoices for:
>
> #756 crank dust cap: $0.90
>
> #2100 BB bearing set: $0.90
>
> #743 track hub lockring: $1.80
>
> #2028 front brake cable: $0.90
>
> #2029 rear brake cable: $1.45
>
> Rally rear derailleur (late style): $31.60
>
> Nuovo Record rear derailleur: $43.00 (quite a bit of scratch back then)
>
> Record Pista crankset: $100.00 (ditto...)
>
> #604/1 D/T shifter wingnut asm.: $0.50
>
> #32/R rear hub cone: $1.20
>
> #608 rear der. cable: $0.70
>
> #2039 gum brake lever hood: $3.75
>
> Vittoria Corsa CG (Italian-made) 250-gram cotton tubs: $25.00 ea.
>
> Vittoria CX (Italian-made) 230-gram silk tubs: $28.50 (yeah, baby!)
>
> Vittoria rim cement: $0.24 per tube (on sale from $0.30!!)