Here we are again with the ultimate comparison list of all the Campagnolo Nuovo Record brake levers from 1968 until their very end in 1987.

First generation ’68-’72

Note that the left lever has been polished and does not have the original finish anymore

• typical round cable entry at the bottom
• non anodised lever body (photos show corrosion, also first generation Gran Sport levers will not have an anodised body, there are 2 versions as far as we know: with and without anodised body)
• looooong reach
• zink plated bar clamps (idem to Gran Sport)
• the only period correct levers for the rare “no logo” record brakes from 1968
• flatter “tip” (see 6th photo)
• logo stamped extremely close near the top of the lever
• not rare but very desirable
• brown globe logo hoods

Second gen ’73-mid ’78

This set has been pantographed, this is not how they came out of the factory

• same long reach as first gen
• anodized body (sweat from rider’s hands affected the lever bodies)
• slightly different anodisation technique
• U-shaped cable entry
• chromed bar clamp
• logo stamped high on the lever
• brown globe logo hoods

Fun fact: there was a short reach version for people with small hands. There aren’t many of these around, I’ve only seen one set on the internet. Take a look at this. scroll a bit and you will find them in his awsome collection https://hicampy.bizmw.com/profile1041.html

Third gen ’78-’85

• short reach (for the ‘piccolo’ brakes)
• logo stamped a bit lower than before
• hard anodized body
• ’78-’81 brown globe logo hoods, starting from 1982 all Campagnolo levers got the ‘shield logo’ lever hoods

Fourth gen ’85-’87?

Might be ’86, nobody exaclty knows when Campagnolo exactly ceased production of Nuovo Record. Super Record production ended in 1987.

• rare
• shield logo bar clamp (new design like C-Record with hex key
• no brev. camp stamped in the cable bushing
• short reach
• bronw shield logo hoods

  

  

  

  

Comparison of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th