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Evan Marks
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1652
Location: NYC

6/7/13 12:19 PM

speaking of Richard Sachs...

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2013/06/campagnolo-derailleur-collection-for.html

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NJRoadie
Joined: 14 Jan 2004
Posts: 52

6/7/13 12:44 PM

Wow

So he has 25 derailleurs and some shifters for a mere $14,000.

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

6/7/13 2:51 PM

Yikes!

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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
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Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real

6/7/13 2:52 PM

I wonder if he will get a bite? It would be interesting to see but to me they are all broken because none have been used. Sad to have them collect dust in a box.

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
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Location: PDX

6/7/13 3:14 PM

Maybe if he at least autographs all the boxes. ;)

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bboston75
Joined: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 367
Location: philadelphia

6/7/13 6:30 PM

My first real bike, a Jackie Simes circa 1973, had a Campy Valentino der. Appeared to have been cut out of a sardine can with tin snips.

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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3234
Location: Midland, MI

6/7/13 7:10 PM

Low-end Campy

Campy got it's reputation in the US because almost all anybody ever saw was Record level stuff. Bianchi the same. Just the opposite with Simplex derailleurs - they made some great top line units but all we ever saw were those plastic pieces of crap.

Low end Campy was like low end everything else. Not sure when they got out of the "cheap stuff" mindset.

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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC

6/7/13 8:06 PM

I'm with Erik. Bike parts aren't decorative arts. They're functional arts. They should be used first and foremost.

It would be real art had the collection all came from say, team bikes of different years, used but not abused, with a note on each whose bike it came from!

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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield

6/7/13 8:37 PM

3D Printing

Sure would be nice to have a pristine example to duplicate when 3D printing comes of age.

Heh, carbon fiber '70 Record knock-off with chrome plate like my old Revell model cars! Maybe it could be called Zeus.



I'll bet it has plenty of throw for 11 speed cassettes.

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e-RICHIE
Joined: 09 Feb 2004
Posts: 98
Location: chester, ct

6/8/13 5:25 AM


quote:
has 25 derailleurs


I think it's 33 atmo.

This is the very last of collection of components I have had for generations. I use, sell, and race on modern parts and have no interest in old bicycles. But I did go through a period of appreciating the beauty of some components from earlier eras.

As I wrote elsewhere, I don't understand the attachment some have with Barbie dolls, Pez dispensers, or toy soldiers, but the collectible markets for these are deep and wide. There's also a vintage bicycle parts market, and a niche within it is comprised of folks who like NOS/NIB - goods unmarked, original, and unmarked since the day they were made. They fuss over logos, iterations, mis-stamped parts, parts with date sequences, and etc etc yada, yada blah blah blah. The mass I listed is targeted at this group.

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Dave B
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 4511
Location: Pittsburgh, PA

6/8/13 6:45 AM


quote:
Low end Campy was like low end everything else. Not sure when they got out of the "cheap stuff" mindset.

Probably about the time Sun Tour and Shimano started to make "cheap stuff" that worked a lot better and looked a lot better and took that market segment away from them.

I haven't seen a recent full line Campy catalog recently but until at least a couple of years ago they still made some pretty low line stuff for the European OEM market.

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greglepore
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1724
Location: SE Pa, USA

6/8/13 7:57 AM

Jackie Simes? That's funny, I know Jackie well. Valentino is junk-I recently had to break that news to some who brought me a late 60"s bianchi to evaluate, all original, but Valentino...

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