one step at a time Glenn...one step at a time!

....and so it continues, the display project is slowly but surely making progress and I feel I am now at a stage where I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, or is that the sparkling cranks at the end of the tunnel?(and oh how they sparkle!)

Just got the gold chain rings back from the polisher and they have come up much better than I first expected they would (Escort Metal Polishers in Christchurch are a fantastic little family company that do an awesome job, highly recommend them for any fine and fiddly jobs big or small, thanks guys!)


Dont ya just love the contrast between the mirror polished cranks and the gold chain rings, cant wait to throw in the carbon fibre brackets with polished finish to really finish off the mix of modern/retro.....

Just cos I can I have added these couple of shots with a white back ground to bring out the Gold of the project.....you be the judge....







keep watching for the next installment of the project......Ride safe, G

Bed Time Reading

Latest addition to the Campagnolo Collection 2 rare and generally very expensive Catalogues for the mid 80's.

The first is "catalogue n. 18" (super record etc 1985?) and the second is "catalogue n. 18bis" (1st generation C Record 1986?)

These catalogues have some glorious photos in them and detailed exploded diagrams of all the components in each of the group sets listed.

These catalogues are just so mint and have so much detail in them I cant believe they were/are ever for sale!

Below is one of the coolest pic's I ever seen of the legendary Delta's, 1st generation Delta's exploded to show ever part and order of assembly, magic stuff

Almost makes me want to have a go at playing mechanic and rebuilding my set of Delta's but thankfully I haven't been smoking crack today and will leave them in peace.

For me the C Record group set is the most classic, beautiful group set of them all, the lines are clean and simple the components scream durability and its easy to see why even now some 22yrs later that its possibly "the" most sort after of all the Campagnolo group sets by classic bike collectors and restorers the world over.

For those who like something a little older, been known to par take myself on occasion, the Campagnolo Super Record road group is also a very classic group set, I guess you might describe it as the last of the true classic groups!

Quote ....."It is the jewel Group of Campagnolo line, for professionals, balanced to obtain the best results during races." Not really too much more to be added to that really!!!

Two very cool photo's from the catalogue (below) are of the factory and also a worker putting the crank sets together, wonder how many sets he ending up doing? and in fact if any of the sets I own were done on his watch???