Galli components? Any one know of this????
Peter Palamara
I've recently come across an F Moser bike, fairly old, and with Galli
components, eg, gearing, brakes, wheels (hubs are sacher-maillard),
cranks. It looks like fairly old stuff to me. My concern in buying the
bike is the ability to repair or replace the Galli gearing. It does
however, have a suntour front derailler but the rest is Galli ('New
Success' is the label used with the Galli name)
I've contacted a couple of local bike shops (here in Perth, Western
Australia) and knowledge of Galli is practically non-existant.
Potentially, how old is this running gear and how good was it. Was it
expensive stuff or rubbish???? What sort of trouble would I be buying.
The asking price for the bike is around $225 Australian. The frame is
in Ok condition
All replies to the newsgroup would be appreciated..
Thanks everyone
Peter
Greg Gagliano
> Potentially, how old is this running gear and how good was it. Was it
> expensive stuff or rubbish????
I have a Galli Criterium gruppo (circa 1980) on my bike. The Criterium
gruppo was the top-of-the-line and essentially a clone of the contemporary
Super Record gruppo. Mr. Galli was an engineer who worked at Campagnolo
before striking out on his own and his components were well made. Some
parts were outsourced (3T seatposts, and I believe Mavic or 3T for hubs).
The crankparts are interchangeable with the standard Campy parts of the
time.
That's about all I know.
GG
Brian Nystrom
Peter Palamara wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently come across an F Moser bike, fairly old, and with Galli
> components, eg, gearing, brakes, wheels (hubs are sacher-maillard),
> cranks. It looks like fairly old stuff to me. My concern in buying the
> bike is the ability to repair or replace the Galli gearing. It does
> however, have a suntour front derailler but the rest is Galli ('New
> Success' is the label used with the Galli name)
>
> I've contacted a couple of local bike shops (here in Perth, Western
> Australia) and knowledge of Galli is practically non-existant.
>
> Potentially, how old is this running gear and how good was it. Was it
> expensive stuff or rubbish???? What sort of trouble would I be buying.
> The asking price for the bike is around $225 Australian. The frame is
> in Ok condition
Galli components were available in the late '70's through the early '80's
(maybe longer). I still have some Galli Ti brakes on one of my bikes.
Their components worked as well as anything of that vintage, but finding
parts for them will be tough. You can check with Bicycle Classics
(wwwbicycleclassics.com). If they don't have exact replacement parts,
they'll have components you can interchange when the Galli parts wear out.
If the bike has a good Columbus tubing frame, it's well worth the money.
--
Regards
Brian
Mike Pomrink
<38906333...@guitarsbyleo.com>...
> Peter Palamara wrote:
>
> > Potentially, how old is this running gear and how good was it. Was it
> > expensive stuff or rubbish????
>
> gruppo was the top-of-the-line and essentially a clone of the
contemporary
> Super Record gruppo. Mr. Galli was an engineer who worked at Campagnolo
> before striking out on his own and his components were well made. Some
> parts were outsourced (3T seatposts, and I believe Mavic or 3T for hubs).
> The crankparts are interchangeable with the standard Campy parts of the
> time.
>
> That's about all I know.
>
> GG
I bought the same group back in 1980 and still have most of the components
on an old beater bike. While the crank parts may be interchangeable with
Campy (I assume you mean the chainrings and chainring bolts and the fact
that it will fit a Campy BB spindle taper), no other Groupo parts are. The
headset and bottom bracket use roller bearings, the races on the pedal
spindles are at a different spacing than Campy, the shift levers use
different size parts, and brake calipers and levers are totally different.
The rear derailleur is a Campy NR knock-off so some parts may be
interchangeable but I haven't tried it. The front derailleur snapped off
on my first ride so I didn't even try to repair it.
Basically, if you break a part you will most likely have to replace it.
However, with the exception of the front derailleur, most of my Galli parts
lasted a long time.
Mike Pomrink.
Greg Gagliano
Super Record copy).
GG