Campagnolo Sportman Gear Instructions of about 1963 — The Sportman Rear Derailleur: Advantages, Fitting and the Parts List

This Campagnolo instruction sheet for the Sportman gear is shown color-corrected by Ebykr (22 October 2026): the yellowed paper of the scan was white-balanced and its contrast set, with the colors of the ink kept. The scan as received from Campybike is kept in Ebykr’s files.

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BREVETTI INTERNAZIONALI
Campagnolo

VICENZA
ITALY
CORSO PADOVA, 158 – 172

TELEFONI: 28.985 (3 linee con ricerca automatica)
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CAMPAGNOLO – VICENZA

CAMPAGNOLO «SPORTMAN» GEAR

Callouts: 934 124 125 215 80/2 910 907 936 912 923 925 927 926 139/1 906 905 916 911 83 780 919 918 932 935 931 921 924 922 920 915 933 932 930

Its technical characteristics added to a very new constructive principle make this gear the cheapest from which you will obtain first class service.
● It allows the use of 13-32 teeth freewheels.
● It operates with freewheels with six cogs.
● It always keeps the chain tension constant.
● It may be assembled and set with the greatest facility.
● Its operation is smoth, sure, silent.
● It lasts for a long time with minimum attention.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FITTING:

1) Ensure that the gear is fitted in line with chainwheel (or central in case of double chainwheel), and that screws 906 is very tight.
2) Be certain that chain is long enough to allow using the largest chainring with the largest freewheel cog.
3) Adjust the two screws 215 so that the chain cannot jump off the outside cog of the freewheel when changing gear.
4) If the freewheel is too near to the spokes, fit the spacing ring 651
5) To give more or less tension to the chain, remove nut 927 and move spring end to another hole of body.

WE DO NOT HOLD OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR INCONVENIENCE OR DAMAGE CAUSED IF THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT CAREFULLY FOLLOWED.

1021 Sportman gear complete
905 Rear body
906 Fixing pivot screw
907 Washer
910 Adjusting screw spring
215 Adjusting screw
80/2 Gear fixing plate
124 Fixing screw
125 Fixing screw nut
911 Front plate
912 Inner plate
915 Lower spring body holder
916 Outer casing stop pivot
918 Cable clamping screw
780 Cable clamping screw
936 Bushes
83 Rivets
919 Lower bush
920 Lower spring body holder sleeve
921 Roller axle bolt
922 Plate spring
923 Gear return spring
924 Dust cover
925 Front roller plate
926 Inner roller plate
927 Plate fixing nut
920 [?] Rollers
931 Roller bush
932 Cover plate
933 Roller screw
139/1 Roller screw nut
934 Hanger holding washer
935 Return spring pin

[A Campagnolo instruction sheet for the «Sportman» gear printed in black on gray paper, with the Brevetti Internazionali letterhead, a drawing of the rear derailleur fitted on a bicycle and an exploded drawing at the foot with every part numbered. A bulleted list of advantages, five numbered fitting instructions, a disclaimer and a parts list of 33 numbered items fill the rest of the sheet.]