Hi again Ned 
For what its worth buddy, the left crank is Athena and the right Chorus.
I've got a full Athena groupset on my Paganini, the full monty down to the BB.
I've got a full Chorus groupset on my Faggin, the full monty down to the BB.
I've got a mix of Chorus / Athena groupset on the wifes Faggin
These where both such well made sets that design features from both spread into every other model they produced after 1987/88, its asthough the Chorus spawned a whole new breath of life back into Campagnolo, not seen since they had the market hold with SR/Nuovo. Lets be honest, even the most ardent Campagnolo fan has got to admit they made some god awful stuff in their lifetime. They seemed to always want to shoot themselves in the foot after clawing themselves back into the market. If they produced the old SR now it would sell better that their carbon fibre crap. Same goes for Chorus/Athena, it is iconic because it is perfect aesthetically & structurally, simply a flawless design.
I own about 20+ rear mechs from an early Gran Sport through to Modern Centaur, and the design timeline is easy to spot, albeit that the names are ridiculously complex to date. Seen side by side it all makes sense
Gran Sport, Sport, Nuovo Record, Super Record 1st gen, ALL identical in design, just subtle changes in design & material. Then comes the experimental phase, 980, 990, Victory, Triomphe, Chorus 1st gen, Xenon, early Athena, drifting into Mirage, Avanti, more Athena, Chorus again (pivotted angle), then to really screw the brain, yet more Athena, more Chorus, Centaur, Mirage, Veloce, the list is almost endless .............. And yet, they have only really designed 3 rear mechs with significant change.
They did this to cranksets too, endlessly re-branding good quality Campag into oblivion with these unneccessary brand name changes without any significant reason to do so. I keep meaning to make a post with ALL the rear mechs in that highlights why they are what they are, for easy reference. I believe Velo tried to do this and couldn't quite put their finger on how to make it easy to identify your Campag part with 99% accuracy.
Later everyone, Laz.
For what its worth buddy, the left crank is Athena and the right Chorus.I've got a full Athena groupset on my Paganini, the full monty down to the BB.
I've got a full Chorus groupset on my Faggin, the full monty down to the BB.
I've got a mix of Chorus / Athena groupset on the wifes Faggin
These where both such well made sets that design features from both spread into every other model they produced after 1987/88, its asthough the Chorus spawned a whole new breath of life back into Campagnolo, not seen since they had the market hold with SR/Nuovo. Lets be honest, even the most ardent Campagnolo fan has got to admit they made some god awful stuff in their lifetime. They seemed to always want to shoot themselves in the foot after clawing themselves back into the market. If they produced the old SR now it would sell better that their carbon fibre crap. Same goes for Chorus/Athena, it is iconic because it is perfect aesthetically & structurally, simply a flawless design.
I own about 20+ rear mechs from an early Gran Sport through to Modern Centaur, and the design timeline is easy to spot, albeit that the names are ridiculously complex to date. Seen side by side it all makes sense
Gran Sport, Sport, Nuovo Record, Super Record 1st gen, ALL identical in design, just subtle changes in design & material. Then comes the experimental phase, 980, 990, Victory, Triomphe, Chorus 1st gen, Xenon, early Athena, drifting into Mirage, Avanti, more Athena, Chorus again (pivotted angle), then to really screw the brain, yet more Athena, more Chorus, Centaur, Mirage, Veloce, the list is almost endless .............. And yet, they have only really designed 3 rear mechs with significant change.
They did this to cranksets too, endlessly re-branding good quality Campag into oblivion with these unneccessary brand name changes without any significant reason to do so. I keep meaning to make a post with ALL the rear mechs in that highlights why they are what they are, for easy reference. I believe Velo tried to do this and couldn't quite put their finger on how to make it easy to identify your Campag part with 99% accuracy.
Later everyone, Laz.
