Re: [CR]Campag misprint?

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:08:12 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Campag misprint?
References: <CAB48FE1-5472-11DA-A18F-0050E49E894D@t-online.de>


Toni Theilmeier wrote:
>
> Got home one of my epic 2CV truckette loads of classic cycling stuff
> yesterday, nearly all off-topic as the haul consists mostly of cross
> cycling items, most of which I am going to get rid of, anyway.
>
> One thing, however, struck me as rather interesting: One of the NR rear
>
> derailleurs is stamped "PAT 11".
>
> I have one marked "PAT 72", so I know that the "seven" slants, just
> like a slash. I also have one marked "PAT 81", on which I can see that
>
> the "one" doesn´t. On the one found yesterday it says "eleven", no
> doubt.
>
> I have so far assumed that the figures were years; so what is all of
> this, then?

"PAT 11" is generally agreed on to be from 1985, Toni.

Archive search results for "pat 11": http://search.bikelist.org/?SearchString=pat%2011

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, timelines & t-shirts)

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