Re: [CR]Cambio Corsa Dropout Spacing Question

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From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: <Hughethornton@aol.com>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <cd7.174bc0ae.33f0c5e7@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cambio Corsa Dropout Spacing Question
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:42:03 -0400
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Hi Hugh,

I checked my bikes, and here's what I found:

Ancora w/cambio Corsa & 4-speed fw - 110mm Benotto w/cambio Corsa & 4-speed fw - 110mm Olmo w/cambio Corsa & 4 speed fw - 110mm Learco Guerra w/Paris-Roubaix & 4-speed fw - 112mm Bianchi w/cambio Corsa & 4-speed fw - 114mm

Anyone know the spacing on the Campagnolo tool "M" (apparecchio per saldare nelle giuste posizioni i forcellini per cambio tipo corsa Parigi-Roubaix e cambio Gran Sport) for assembling the rear dropouts? Unless it was adjustable, that should reveal what Campagnolo considered "standard".

Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
USA


---- Original Message -----
From: Hughethornton@aol.com
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: [CR]Cambio Corsa Dropout Spacing Question



> Does anybody out there know if there was a "standard" spacing for the rear
> dropouts used with Campagnolo twin lever Cambio Corsa gear changers. I
> have
> seen 110mm with a 3-speed block, but that did not seem to give quite
> enough
> spacing for the block because the washer between the cone and lock-nut had
> been
> removed on the left hand side and added to the right hand (gear) side to
> give
> a bit of extra spacing without increasing the overall width. I have also
> seen 112mm with a 4-speed block. which worked but left very little
> clearance
> for the chain when in the small cog. 110mm might be adequate for a
> 3-speed if
> the block were a bit narrower than the one I saw, but it seems to me that
> 115mm might be a bit more comfortable with a 4-speed. When the Paris
> Roubaix
> single lever changer was introdeuced with 5-speed capability, did the
> spacing
> increase to 120mm which bEcame the standard for so long?
> Thanks
> Hugh Thornton
> Cheshire, England