Re: [CR]What Campy headset is this?

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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:39:11 -0500
From: "coel canth" <coelcanth@gmail.com>
To: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]What Campy headset is this?
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

the threaded race with only two wrench flats certainly looks like the type used on the gran sport headsets...

andrei padlowski glen ridge, NJ

On Dec 15, 2007 8:47 PM, Ken Sanford <kanford@comcast.net> wrote:
> Jon
>
> looks like the most desirable Campy record pista headset to me!
>
> Ken Sanford
> Kensington, MD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Otis" <otis@otisrecords.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:39 PM
> Subject: [CR]What Campy headset is this?
>
>
> > I've had this headset in my toolbox for awhile and thought it was Gran
> > Sport. But I was under the impression that Gran Sport used a 5/32
> bearing
> > and had a lower stack height than Nuovo Record. But this set was being
> > used
> > with 3/16th bearings (which look like a correct fit) and the stack
> height
> > is
> > the same as a Nuovo Record.
> >
> > The top nut is marked "Campagnolo Patent Italy" on top and "Made in
> Italy"
> > and "25.4 x 24F Italiana" on the underside. There's lettering on the
> > inside
> > of the top race nut which reads, "Made in Italy" and "25.4 x 24F
> > Italiana".
> > There's no lettering on any of the other pieces.
> >
> > Pics:
> >
> > http://uci.net/~brennan/temp-hs1.jpg<http://uci.net/%7Ebrennan/temp-hs1.jpg>
> >
> > http://uci.net/~brennan/temp-hs2.jpg<http://uci.net/%7Ebrennan/temp-hs2.jpg>
> >
> > http://uci.net/~brennan/temp-hs3.jpg<http://uci.net/%7Ebrennan/temp-hs3.jpg>
> >
> > I'm building up a 1980 Bianchi Rekord 748 which is an entry level race
> > bike.
> > I was thinking this would be a good match if the age was close.
> >
> > Any thoughts on that would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers, Jon Williams
> > Grants Pass OR USA