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Dear Elev 12k, Thanks for the info.

Dear David, Thanks for the info! Do you know if the ugly Euclid link wires could be replaced with Shimano ones?

I'm thinking about spending a small fortune on a Campagnolo Euclid brakeset just for the cantilever brakes themselves. Does anyone know if they will fit touring bike rims 22 mm wide?

Thanks Dear Girilla, Thanks, but these handlebars are flat, sort of a North Road style.

Do you know where I can get one NOS?

Actually they're SR Road Professional handlebars.

Does anyone know who made the Toulouse/Tourist style handlebars that say "1" and "Road Professional" on the front near the bulge for the stem? They're about twenty years old. Are they British, French or other?

Dear Jim, You must be right about 86mm. Thanks a lot for the link!

Edco Competition Triple inner chainring BCD Dear Jim, Thanks a lot! I'm going to contact Edco about a replacement ring. Using your formula, the inner chainring BCD turns out to be 85mm. Cheers, DD

I have an Edco Competition Triple chainring set from the late 80s. Slowly the innermost, granny chainring is wearing out and it's time to replace it. Friends have told me the BCD of this is non-standard, i.e., not 74mm. Does anyone know the BCD, and who else might have made one that size...

Thanks for the reassurance. Since posting my question, I found the following info on Sheldon Brown's glossary on the Net: Italian threading is a curious mixture of metric and British. Diameters are specified in millimeters, but threads are in threads-per-inch! In addition, the thread angle is...

I just purchased a NOS freewheel style Mavic 550RD rear hub sight unseen which the seller claimed had English threads. It turns out that they are actually Italian thread 35mmX24 tpi. Will I be able to fit a normal English thread Shimano freewheel onto the hub? I haven't tried because I want to...