Sounds about right but the hubs were lows with a drilling of 36 holes.
BC
Baron C.....................And the gang!!
Renaissance cycles,
Eindhoven Holland.
> renaissance-cycles wrote:
> >
> (cut)
> > Slip in there, kick open a box and there's 60 pairs of Campagnolo 3
piece
> > hubs staring you in the face. A guy pulls out a box and say's what about
> > these Brooks key hole saddles, yanks out another box and there's narrow
> > railed
> > Brooks Campagnolo saddles, all this takes away the pop of collecting.
> > I guess you can call it collecting if I put one aside and sell off the
rest.
>
>
> Aahah, this is where it gets interesting. My experience checking
> distributors and shops in the US. When a dealer has something obscure
> and rare there is always a reason it was left behind (not sold when it
> was new).
>
> The hubs have odd drilling like Record large flange 40°. The Brooks
> mod. Campagnolo saddle was a failure as the narrow rail spacing allows
> the saddle to rock sideways in the saddle clamp. The Brooks key hole is
> a French affectation so not very appropriate for many bikes. Or often
> the parts were warrenty/returns that were save for repairs (Try finding
> the outer pulley cage for the NOS Record rear derailleur you find in the
> parts drawer missing the... outer pulley cage! All used up in
> crashes.). Then there's always the very rare NOS Cinelli stayer stem
> (anyone own a stayer bike out there that doesn't have the correct stem
> already?). Vintage 36° rims easy, 32° rims not so easy.
>
> Sometimes the part just wasn't ever for sale because the shop owner like
> everyone asking about it over the years (NOS sixties Hetchins curley
> prominantly on display in Westwood shop for years springs to mind).
>
> Of course none of the above complaints affect the parts price/worth to
> the collector of parts (most especially NOS parts collectors).
>
> Chuck "rather ride than collect NOS parts but that's just me" Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> .