Re: [CR] Asking Manufactures to remanufacture older sought afterbicycle compotents

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:57:15 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Asking Manufactures to remanufacture older sought afterbicycle compotents
References: <200411160546.VAA14151@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>


Donald Gillies wrote:
>
> I think that someone in italy is still making campy dust
> caps, and a few other things. It just doesn't make sense
> to see new NOS patent ones showing up on ebay every week for
> the past 2 years ...

Very easy to explain... no racer (Racer or "racer") would ever use the dust caps on their cranks back in the day. Just wasn't done!

So there are TONS of nos crank dust caps around (I've got lots my self).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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