Re: [CR] Some mightly expensive bolts

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From: "Stephen Barner" <steve@sburl.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Some mightly expensive bolts
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:42:18 -0400


These bolts came with the pedals. Replacements were pretty expensive, and not long enough to be used for racks, etc., so they were not commonly stocked. Longer ones for bottle cages and such are often available on eBay at much less than $27, so if you are cheap, like I am, you could get some of those and cut them down. Perhaps the biggest travesty was Schwinn's method of grinding the heads down so that they would fit into the CPSC mandated pedal reflectors they stuck on the Paramounts. The reflectors rendered the flip-up tabs on the pedals useless. I wonder if more people were injured because they couldn't get into the toe clips than were hit from behind because of the lack of reflectors? Probably the same number who escaped impalement on a straight QR skewer after Campy was forced to curve those dangerous things.

I've bought complete sets of Campy pedals in excellent condition for less than $27.

Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont


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> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Some mightly expensive bolts
>
> > ...found a kit on E-bay:
> >
> > Item #7104792990
> >
> > After placing a max bid, which I, myself thought
> > was way over the top, I was out-bid. Someone paid
> > (hope I am not offending the potential buyer who
> > may be on the list) a whopping $27 plus dollars for these
> > bolts...
> --SNIP---
> Anyway, I don't even remember when those Campagnolo bolts
> first became available. All the ones I've seen were packaged
> in those plastic bags with "Campagnolo" printed in a more
> modern looking script. That's not how Campagnolo parts were
> package in more ancient times. I remember all the little bits
> being packaged in a kind of wax paper bag.
> Anyway, if you read the auction listing closely, you'll see
> that it says something about the tremendous value of the bag.
> maybe I should be trying to sell some of the wax paper bags I
> still have.
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia