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04-10-07 | 07:42 PM

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John E

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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

Yes and no -- a tale of two Capos, relatively rare ca. 1960 fairly high-end Austrian bikes. Full Reynolds 531 framesets with ornate lugwork, originally equipped with high-flange Campag. hubs, Campag. Gran Sport derailleurs, Weinmann 999 brakesets, but cottered steel cranks, steel seatposts, and stamped dropouts.

S/N 40324: purchased for $20

with aftermarket BikeNashbar wheels

, aftermarket Nervar Star crankset

, and mediocre repaint job, plus unserviceably worn-out front derailleur.
Repainted, updated, and upgraded (aluminum Campag. seatpost, ca. 1980 Campag. derailleurs).

S/N 42624: purchased for alot more $, with virtually all original components.
Cleaning and touching up paint. Replacing rims, spokes, brake cables, brake pads. Replacing chainrings with NOS period-correct Simplex aluminum 49-46; original would have been Agrati steel 52-48, but mine came with Simplex 58 (anyone want it???) - 45. Agonizing over tubulars (OEM on this specific model) versus clinchers (OEM on the other model).

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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069

Last edited by John E; 04-10-07 at 07:51 PM.

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