This doesn't make sense to me. Early NR levers had the pointy "long reach" only, until they changed the style in about 1974, 75 or 76, right? Why would the earliest SR levers be any different? I have a couple of sets of the early SR levers (pointy tip, pre-pressed holes, and "U" shaped cable relief) and can take pics if anyone wants to see them. Seems to me that the newer fat tip of all Campy brake levers came about with the change to the machinery, and stayed that way for the duration. Any reason to doubt this? I cannot see how the levers recently sold on Ebay can be "old", when they clearly have the newer tip. Now if you told me that they were NR levers that were modified to be like SR ... THAT I would believe.
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:09:58 -0800 From: "C. Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]re: SR first-gen levers on ebay
I've been corrected by another list member concering these levers. As I look more closely at the pics it seems clear the holes were not punched in flat metal, then stretched when the levers were shaped..rather, the holes appear to be drilled and countersunk.
So, then, they are early levers and the hoods are later replacements. I just assumed the hoods were original, given the shape of the levers...I'm told the levers were available in both long and short reach... what do others say?
Charles "I get dumber every day" Andrews SoCal