Re: [CR]Re: ID-ing my Seatpost

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From: "john barron- velostuf" <jb@velostuf.com>
To: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
References: <004501c60d66$e9fd3a70$eff1d045@ts> <019601c60d6b$4b47db60$6401a8c0@Velostuf> <a0521065cbfdb36d2bc4b@[67.100.128.5]>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: ID-ing my Seatpost
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:32:09 -0600
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Jan-

I'm going to hang my hat on your observation- namely that it's Super Record and that the rationale was that it basically fit the style of non-fluted crankarms in the latest version of that group. FWIW, I bought several non-fluted NOS cranksets in the same batch of stuff that this post came from in Italy.

John Barron
Minneapolis MN


----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Heine
To: john barron- velostuf


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:19 PM Subject: [CR]Re: ID-ing my Seatpost


> The biggest Campy-dealing pro shop in Bonn, Germany, sold non-fluted posts
> like yours in 1990 as Campy SR, together with non-fluted cranks. I have no
> idea where the logos were or whether the head was polished entirely, as I
> didn't care much about that at the time.
>
>>On one hand it just doesn't make sense that the SR post would change
>>fundamentally, right? (deletion of flutes).
>
> Deleting flutes is easy and not a fundamental change - the flutes are
> machined after the main post is done. Delete that step, and you have a
> non-fluted post.
>
>>Then again, the earliest C-Record was all extremely aero, at least much
>>more so than its predecessor, Super Record. In that scenario, it just
>>doesn't make sense that they would make a post that didn't look/perform
>>at a technologically advanced state.
>
> Could it be that Campy offered for the C-Record group both an aero post
> (for modern cyclists concerned about aerodynamics) and a round one (for
> old-school riders concerned about weight - the round one was lighter!).
> Shimano did at the time with their Dura Ace group. This is just
> speculation, so don't flame me, please.
>
> However, didn't C-Record use an Allen-head bolt from the beginning? And
> yours has a standard bolt... unless that was changed.
>
> Finally, all that stuff is OT, as it post-dates 1984. So my apologies to
> the listmaster.
>
> Good luck,
> --
> Jan Heine, Seattle
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