The newer track bike features MO iii lugs and modern compenents (Ultegra, Navigator Pista, etc.). The older bike is a 1962 Experto, currently set up as a fixie. Readers of a certain age will recognize the chain droop in the foto above. At that time, when derailleur gears were relatively new, it was commonly believed that a tight chain would create drag and slow the rider down. So chain droop was very in. The owner writes: "it was an art form to set the Campag jockey wheel to allow some bottom gear droop without a washing line of slack chain on the smaller sprockets of the block. Indeed, a lost art. ... Trumpy, the Jack Russell terrier, supervises all cycling departures from the house and anticpates keenly returning cyclists of all ages." Best regards from the Editor to a dedicated fixie.
Photos courtesy of the owner.
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