On 7 Jul 2004 06:36:28 -0700,
[email protected] (John
Bignucolo) wrote:
>A Muzi <
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>> Peter wrote:
>>
>> > I need a 28.6mm silver clamp for my Campy Mirage front
>> > changer. Can anyone here supply me with a new one?
>> > Failing that do any of the shops posting here have an
>> > all silver Veloce front changer and what is the cost?
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> Do you need the adapter for a brazed model to clamp on a
>> 28.6 frame? Or did you have a clamp model and break the
>> clamp?
>>
>> (Note Campagnolo discontinued 28.6 clamp triples)
>
>Does anyone know why Campagnolo decided to stop selling
>28.6mm clamps for their triple-compatible derailleurs in
>the first place? It's not as if they haven't been making
>them for umpteen years. Don't they want to sell their
>triple groups to people (like me) with steel framesets and
>28.6 seat tubes?
>
>And to the suggestion that you should get your LBS to try
>to dig up one from somewhere, the obvious rejoinder is: why
>should a customer have to? It's not as if 28.6 seat tubes
>are a piece of rare retro cycling exotica.
Dear John,
As a rule of thumb, as soon as it's paid for, it's liable to
become a piece of rare retro cycling exotica.
Like a shark, the bicycle industry moves relentlessly
forward, if not onward and upward.
Excelsior!
Carl Fogel