Re: [CR]Campy Record Derailleurs

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 16:31:34 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Aldo Ross <swampmtn@siscom.net>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Record Derailleurs
References: <ABC4A5183996D411BF92000629EEABAD36624F@mail-server.urc.com> <00fa01c0b8a9$ffb74ac0$404a1ecf@leonardo> <3ACCE029.6317@earthlink.net> <001f01c0be0e$d8d919a0$6cf9fea9@jim2>


Aldo Ross wrote:
>
> I have an original Paramount (November, 1967) which came equipped with
> plastic pulleys, but a higher tooth profile than the familiar NR/SR pulleys.
>
> Also, it seems that some have an adjusting barrel, and some do not.

Adding the cable tension adjuster from the previous Gran Sport derailleur was a "hot rodding" technique in the sixties (you just drill and run a tap through the stop).

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, California