Chris et al,
back in 1972 I - as so many others - substituted my Huret Alvit with a Valentino (I was poor but capturered by the Campagnolo mystique) only to find that it shifted even worse than the Alvit.
To the fury of my (then) wife when she found out I bought myself a NR shortly afterwards and put the Valentino in a drawer.
Shortly afterwards when offering a budding bike fellow that "Valentino I have in a drawer" another friend of mine remarked: "Well, isn´t it funny, everybody seems to have a Valentino, but everybody has it in a drawer..."
That´s the ugly truth. The Valentino is not a rd to be used, but it is certainly due to its place in cycling history an item to be collected.
I threw mine away, with the Alvit. Stupid me.
cheers
Olof Stroh Uppsala Sweden
who hasn´t dared to read further in the ongoing thread on use or collect, haven´t the time, but will be back
> Hey, Y'all:
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> I'm abysmally ignorant of Most Things Campagnolo, except for what little I've retained from CR discussions about NR and SR componentry.
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> I'd like some info regarding the Valentino rear derailleur; all I know about it was that it was Campy's Cheapie. How well/poorly does it shift, and what 5-speed freewheel will it accommodate (single front chainring, in case that matters)?
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> Thanks,
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> Chris
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