<tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> This panto-tastic crank, which is really WAY over-the-top in Campy pride,
> has one interesting attribute. There are no flutes on the arms, and it ha
s a
> 1983 date code. This suggests that it was seriously thinned down, which
> doesn't appear to be the case, or that it was a special no-flute arm befo
re
> it went to the "pantographer." Between the apparent special arm and all t
hat
> crazy Campy engraving, I wonder if it wasn't some sort of factory effort.
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>
> Ebay Item number 7165135276
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> Those look to me a little homemade to be factory. Note the rather crude
> profiling on the outer corners of the arm- looks like it was done freehan
d
> on a rubber backed sanding disc- and the fact that the threading engravin
g
> adjacent to the pedal has been ground off.
Specutively, Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
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