That's really sweet. Let's see, if my first-gen Chorus components stay in the basement for another 36 years, how much will they be worth?
Dumb question though, for someone who doesn't know much bike history: why aren't there teeth on the pulleys?
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10-19-2007, 04:04 AM #1
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10-19-2007, 05:10 AM #2
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That price blows my mind. Campy stuff other than Record wasn't that good in the 60s and 70s. Gran Sport was a lower grade of componentry. I bought a bike in 1974 that came with a Campy wide-range derailleur (don't remember if it was Gran Sport or what, but longer cage than that one) and it broke in less than a year. The major tension spring snapped. I replaced it with a SunTour VGT that worked much better. In contrast, I have a Campy Record derailleur that has been in continuous use since 1970 or before and it is still fabulous.
Oil is good, grease is better.
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10-19-2007, 06:12 AM #3
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maybe they know something we don't know? wow. amazing.
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10-19-2007, 08:02 AM #4
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Gee, I had one of those on my 1959 Frejus. My brother also had one. Wonder where those bikes are now . . .
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10-19-2007, 08:30 AM #5
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They're selling the history, Tullio Campagnolo introduced the "Gran Sport" as the modern derailleur in 1951. This is one of the originals that make bicycles what they are today.
I'm not a bike history buff, I only know this because we were looking up inventions that occured during my grandmas lifetime for her birthday party."Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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10-19-2007, 01:29 PM #6
Ooo, talk tri to me!
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I think it goes to show that some people just have more money than they know what to do with it. How many needy families would that feed?
I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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