I use these on an off over the years. It is a smooth shifting derailleur.
I believe the maximum tooth it can accept is 34, I do not recall the
chain wrapped but believe that it is substantial.
Tom Witkop
Rockville, Maryland
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:40:21 -0600 "Thomas R. Adams, Jr."
<KCTOMMY@msn.com> writes:
> I managed to acquire a Shimano Crane GS the other day, and I'm
> wondering about the details of this shifter. This is the rear long
> cage model with the round holes drilled in the front chain pull
> arm. I remember them being standard equipment on older touring
> Schwinn Paramounts.
>
> It appears to be a horizontal parallelogram design, but not a slant
> parallelogram. Was this piece made before Suntour's patent expired?
> When did Shimano stop making Crane derailers.
>
> What size freewheel with the Crane GS handle, and how much chain
> will it wrap? Does anyone have any experiences to share about the
> derailer's performance?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Adams, Kansas City
>
>
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