My suspicion is that they were sold right at the end of the production run (circa 1987) with the already-in-production C-Record allen-head bolt, when Campagnolo was using up in-process parts. They were probably running out of the hex-head bolts, and didn't want to pay for a new run of them, especially with chrome plating and the ever-increasing environmental issues (read as: more cost) that process was beginning to entail in Europe by the mid-1980s (fasteners are typically made in mind-bogglingly large batches at one time, like maybe 50,000 pieces or more). I have no solid evidence of this, but it is a strong "hunch." Greg Parker Dexter, Michigan http://www.bicycleclassics.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:17:44 -0700 From: "dddd" <dddd@pacbell.net> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo SR 1 bolt seatposts
I bought one once that came new with an alloy socket-head bolt, but I always assumed that it had been upgraded. I still have it. The bolt is clear ano'd, iir.
David Snyder
Auburn, CA
USA
> Hi all, after taking a looksie at a website, I have this question
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> were any released with a allen headed bolt?, or are they all just a chrome
> plated hex head bolt?
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> regards wayne davidson Invers NZ.......
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