> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:59:14 -0700
> From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Campy components 1986-1992, was: C-record bikes not
> collectable?
>
> Louis Schulman wrote:
> >
> > And I have to disagree with this. The post-Super Record componenent
> > groups (Record, Croce d'Aune, Chorus and Athena), while beautifully
> > finished, were engineering disasters. They were heavy and didn't work
> > well.
>
> At the time, we luv'd it. I had bikes with C-Record (Corsa Record) and
> Croce; never used the indexing myself. And the pros were racing and
> winning on the stuff too. Engineering disaster? We didn't notice, but
> then again, what did we know.
>
> I always loved the way a Croce rear derailleur shifted with the
> stainless rod pushing the derailleur inward as the cable pulled the
> derailleur backward.
>
> Chuck "if you could say 'Croce d'Aune' you were a member of the club"
> Schmidt
> SP, CA
>
> .
>
This reminds me - I've been thinking of putting together a Croce group for some time. If anyone has NOS Croce parts they'd be willing to sell, please contact me off-list. Preferences are Ital. threads, 175 cranks....
Thanks,
Greg "can say Croce d'Aune OK, I think" Parker Ann Arbor, MI USA
("crow-chay dough-nay" roughly, right...)?