Re: [CR]headset spacer conundrum

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]headset spacer conundrum
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:05:22 -0800
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org ((E-mail))" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Tom Dalton wrote:
> (snip) Chuck, oh Chuck....
>
> You gotta check the timeline baby, it's all in there. Check out
> the Campy timeline put together by that wise dude on the west
> coast... umm, okay, so it's not in there. Well, he sells nice
> copies of all the old catalogs (one a dese days I gotta buy one)
> and in there you'll see that the SR spacer is part number 4043, and
> the Record spacer is part number 682. They look remarkably
> similar, except that when seen in the flesh the former is clearly
> aluminium and the later is chromey-om-ium.

Oh well, I thought the brain teaser "thicker-washer-longer-steerer" would be entertaining.

I must admit that I have been somewhat derelict in my catalog studies. Here in SoCal you look out the window and it's another beautiful day so instead of pounding the books you go outside for a long ride. Have to crack open that Catalogo Campagnolo more often! <grin>

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA USA http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines) +---------------------------------------------------+ | "Instrument of pleasure or torture, the bicycle | | leaves cyclists with memories either exalted or | | painful but, once they have dismounted, each | | one of them retains an indistinguishable | | affection for the two wheels." ~Robert Chapatte | +---------------------------------------------------+