Originally Posted by
Bikehaus
Can you tell me anything else about your friend Green Campi? I had nothing but a rattle caned Campi frame land in my shop and am looking to rebuild. But they know little about it
These were Christmas presents for my brother and me in 1962. My father found them at Wheel World in Culver City for $55 each, the cheapest 10-speed bike available. (Varsities ran $70, Continentals about $90.)
Bottom-of-the-barrel components:
steel Universal sidepull brakes
Bianchi-labeled leather saddle (best part of the bike?
)
aluminum Ambrosio bars (second best part of the bike?)
cottered steel cranks (Magistroni?) with 52-47 cottered
Huret Allvit derailleurs
13-16-19-23-26 Regina freewheel
26x1-3/8" Pirelli Stella whitewall tires
21" steel frame with head tube and head lugs made from a single unit ("semi-fake lugs")
Huret wingnuts on high-flange hubs
steel rectangular "rat trap" pedals
My friend's Campi was identically equipped, except for a 6-speed (rare in the day) Regina freewheel, making it a 12-speed version of my Bianchi
Sorry, no pictures. I bought the Nishiki Competition in 1971 and was given my first Capo Modell Campagnolo in 1972, and never looked back ... .