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From: "Jim Langley" (jim@jimlangley.net)
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:26:16 -0800
Subject: [CR]RE: Campy Triple tool final comment

Some of you asked for more information about the Campy Triple conversion
tool so I've posted a photo of it on my website, here:
https://jimlangley.net/wrench/tripletool.html
And, because mine sold, some people asked if any more are available. I
managed to track down Johnny Thess, who sold this tool to me when I worked
at the Bicycle Center in Santa Cruz in 1983. He told me the history of the
tool.

He was involved in the bicycle business in Southern California in the early
80s and he and Ross Shaffer of Salsa fame realized that there was a need for
reliable triple cranksets for mountain bikes. This coincided with a trend at
the time of removing Campys and installing Shimanos, which resulted in a
glut of available Nuovo Record cranks.

Johnny and Ross approached machinist Greg Reavis to make a tool to
professionally convert the Nuovo Record double to a triple, and he made the
tools. Johnny then went on the road selling them to bicycle shops. He
believes there are still tools in shops that you should be able to find with
a little searching.

Jim Langley
Santa Cruz, CA

Jim Langley / Bicycle Aficionado
www.jimlangley.net