Re: [CR]Campy Porta Catena (sp?) dropout useful for dating frame?

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:36:09 -0600
To: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Porta Catena (sp?) dropout useful for dating frame?
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From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

John Betmanis wrote:
> All depends how large a stock of dropouts the builder kept on hand and how
> stock was rotated. The right dropout on my '82 Nishiki Ultimate is
> threaded. According to the timeline, this feature appeared in 1978, but I
> don't know how long it lasted.

We were still using the 1010B dropouts with Portacatena drilling as late as 1985 at Trek.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA