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This one is 135BCD which I think was the new ‘normal’ by then - just to make things not so simple again 😉

Without wishing to sound like a Campag nerd (I’m not) I think that was the C-Record. Likewise, happy to be corrected.

Is it that simple? Nothing’s usually that simple with Campag

I thought I was sure this was late ‘80s Athena or Chorus (is there a way to tell them apart?) but Velobase says maximum chainring sizes are 53 outer and 44 inner - and this one has 56/46.

You could well be right. It’s BSC threading. I have a frame with TANGE bottom bracket, Campag fork ends, randomly applied frame numbering and a deceased owner so I guess we will never really be certain. Sadly, it’s too big for me and as a nameless and rather scruffy late ‘80s frame is of little...

I couldn’t decide whether it was Egyptian hieroglyphics or Sanskrit. Unintelligible to me.

In a final, final attempt to identify this bike - only clue Tange stamped bottom bracket and some very basic numbering- anyone fancy trying to decipher these markings on the fork steerer?

I bow to your knowledge. The ‘Performance’ thing is just some bikeshop branding or such like then.

Curious to know why?

I’m trying to identify the rims on a pair of sprint wheels. This is the only branding I can see. Is it a maker’s name? It’s not one I can find.

I feel a bit like Goldilocks here. I have one frame that seems too big and one that looks too small. I’d like to renovate one - but which? They’re bare frame sets (from different makers) one is 24 inch c to c seat tube, the other 22 inch. That’s 60cm against 56. I ride a modern 54cm bike. My...

Thanks for the helpful input. The Tange = Japanese made frame would certainly tie in with the owner’s wife’s recollections. She also spoke of him having a frame with oval tubing. Tange certainly did a frame with some ovalised areas but I’ve measured and it’s not mine. However Ishiwata did...

All very interesting because the late owner’s wife (who has slightly sketchy remembrance of the details of his bikes) did say that she recollected one having a Japanese frame. I don’t know how the market worked back in those days; would Japanese bikes be sold complete in the UK or more likely...

It’s a Campag BB if that’s enough of an answer. (I’m not the best clued up on these.)

A bit of a toe in the water exercise as I don’t know how much interest there is in sprints & tubs these days. All have been in dry storage since the owner’s death but are in various conditions. The best: Pair of Omas hub/Performance rim 28spoke wheels. Front is radially spoked, rear has tied...

Okay well one last shot at identifying my my mystery bike frame. I’ve got a bottom bracket number, a Campag marking on the fork drop outs, Tange bottom bracket stamp and I’ve pulled the forks and found no maker marks on it. No braze on fittings beyond brake cable guides on the top tube. I did...

Way back in the dark ages I only had one bike and used it for everything from going to school to time trials. All on sprints and tubs - which i fixed myself. My teenage sewing skills extended to turning my school trousers into ‘drainpipes’ - don’t know how my parents never noticed. They looked...

The late owner of these was a pretty handy time triallist back in the day. They have been left in his shed since he died about four years ago. Now his widow is moving and I’m disposing of them. They are both being sold ‘as seen’. They both need tidying but are far from basket cases. Seat posts...

Is there any great interest these days in wheels with sprint rims for tubular tyres. I have a few with Campag hubs - if there’s no interest I guess I will break them for the hubs. Shame though.