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Old 10-20-13 | 12:27 PM
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repechage
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Originally Posted by Grand Bois
I know what they are. I've just never seen one in person.

There is no such thing as a Nuovo Record crank. They're all Record with either Nuovo Record Or Super Record rings.
While technically true, (although I am kind of snagged on the term Nuovo Record rings on a Record crank) back in the day (1970's) Nuovo Record was applied by bike shops and the interested public to denote the top tier Campagnolo group.
"Nuovo Record" cranks were the 144 BCD units with the bottom bracket that had the reverse "threading" in the sup bores to help expel crud.
We shop rats knew that there were exceptions, that triples and Pista bottom brackets still used the thin cups, and probably due to old inventory many French bikes in the 70's still had the thin cup bottom brackets installed, think LeJeune for example.
Nuovo Record was the shorthand way to describe essentially a top tier equipped bicycle.
Then there were the minor upgrades before Super Record, the Superleggero pedals and seat post.
Later of course Super Record arrived which made things a bit more messy and strengthened the "Nuovo Record" bike shop shorthand label.

In the 80's shops used the term "Super Record Reduced", which was not a Campagnolo catalog term but stood (but some distributors used) for an ensemble with Superleggero pedals and the steel spindle Record bottom bracket.
The Racer's choice until Shimano 7400 arrived.
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