Re: [CR]Campagnolo Gran Sport cottered bottom bracket

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo Gran Sport cottered bottom bracket
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:57:59 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Edward Brooks wrote:
> As many of you no doubt noted a Campagnolo Gran Sport cottered bottom
> bracket just sold on Ebay (item # 290045366509). I have not been
> able to
> find a reference to this item in the Campagnolo time line and was
> hoping
> someone on the list would know when, and for how long, this item
> was made by
> Campagnolo. Many thanks!

From the Campagnolo Timeline http://www.velo-retro.com 1960 entry:

1960 - Catalog #14 is printed for the year-end trade shows. Included are the Record road and track groups comprising Record cotterless crankset (151mm bolt circle) and Gran Sport bottom bracket, small and large flange Record alloy one-piece hubs, seat post (now all alloy), Gran Sport headset, Record front derailleur, Gran Sport rear derailleur, Gran Sport pedals. Also in the catalog are the Gran Sport Group (includes Record front derailleur), Sport Group, Gran Sport cottered bottom bracket (note that there is no accompanying cottered crankset), Gran Sport track pedal with and without teeth, wood-boxed tool set, and the Saddle-Line alignment tool.

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