Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
Eric,
The best I can guess, the original owner did a number of upgrades about or after 1971, the patent date stamped on the Campagnolo Nuovo Record rear derailleur. I wonder if he was at the LBS, saw a newer Paramount equiped with Campy brakes and decided to add them. He left the crankset alone (as you well know) and updated at least the brakes calipers and levers, as well as the RD. He might have also added the tubulars at that time. Since I am the third owner, I had to repaint, and I'm upgrading it to a triple, I'm not too worried about exactness. BTW, I installed the Phil Wood BB this morning and mounted the crankset, I achieved the clearances needed for the chainrings, so far. I'll add the chain tonight. For now I'll be using a set of "dump find" wheels (27 X 1 1/4). I'll have two sets of wheels to build this winter, a set of vintage Mavic tubulars and a set of late '70s Ayraya clinchers (27 X 1), both on Campy high flange hubs (with straight skewers
).
We can't be too picky. Most importantly we are going to ride our bikes so in the end function over a bit of period correctness take president. My corky definately won't be correct. It will be a mix or parts that go right up too the mid 80s. My brakes won't have flat quick releases, My RD will be pat. 81, my front derailleur will be the newer NR with holes in the outer plate (unless I can figure out what to use for that pin that hold the upper arm onto the cage). early 80s tubular rims.. etc etc etc...
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1 Super Record bike, 1 Nuovo Record bike, 1 Pista, 1 Road, 1 Cyclocross/Allrounder, 1 MTB, 1 Touring, 1 Fixed gear