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7 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

What manner of chain is that page?

...KMC 8.93, with their proprietary X-plate technology.  About ten or twelve bucks online, slightly more wherever fine bicycle chains are sold in brick and mortar stores.  Peened pins, non-directional, and comes with an included quick link for joining that is re-usable.

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My guess would be that's how the chain came from the factory. Unless Page Turner is an expert rivet spinner. The 8 spd SRAM chains I use come in different qualities of finish and price. I can imagine that every now and then a link of lesser quality ends up in a HQ chain. 

Could be second quality merchandise.

Could be defective finish on a couple of links. 

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6 hours ago, Page Turner said:

...beats me.  And I do buy the cheap ones in bulk, so that might be what's going on.  They work well.

There is no practical negative consequence to running a chain like that, unless the defect is severe. Chains that have no plating of any kind on the links are still run for many thousand miles.

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A Battaglin from when they started welding them instead of lug brazing them together.   This was when Dura Ace 8 speed brifters were a thing.  This bike actually got raced locally by a Cat 3 guy here, who sold it to me when he went to plastic.804628750_Battaglin001.thumb.JPG.306359b706225518c483ce46f525c5de.JPG  Second iteration with me.

 

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15 hours ago, Square Wheels said:

What are the plans for it?

 

11 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

And where does he keep finding these bikes????  He's a magician!

I have a newly built set of wheels, and all the stuff to make it a full Campy race machine (with Universal side pulls). I'm just waiting a week or ten days for the paint to be fully cured beyond any doubt before I put it  together.  Then I will ride it.

 

It came off the Craigslist here, from some guy down in Modesto, who is not much of a biker and has had it in his garage ever since some guy he knew gave it to him.

 

The story is that guy found it in a dump over at one of the military bases near there (most of which are now closed). So I figure it probably came back with some AF guy, who rode it a while and lost interest.  Easier to landfill it than figure out what to do with it back then.  Anyway, that's my theory. It looked less nice before I painted it. It's about a 1970-71 frame.

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...so having read that, I have been paying closer attention to the small details on mine as I reassemble it.

I already knew from the numbers stamped into the steerer and BB shell it was from about 1970-71. I checked out the head badge rivets, and sure enough they are self tapping screw type, not pop rivets. All of which means it might be  a "shop bike".  Or it might still be a factory bike.  Who knows ?

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On 4/11/2021 at 3:11 PM, Dottles said:

He's over at that other site.  I am bantering with him and another guy I know but I have to bee discrete.  Somewhat anyway. Yeah, I've met Page twice in person. He's a good man.

Why won't he hang here? :(  He was always fun posting old bike stuff.

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