Re: [CR]Hot Rodding NR derailleurs

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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Feldman" <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Hot Rodding NR derailleurs
To: "mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net" <mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <25120-22003825191015109@bainbridgeisland.net>


Sounds like good, real improvement; you end up with a "Nuovo Super-C" rear derailleur. David Feldman Vancouver, WA --- "mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net" <mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net> wrote:
> Late last week somebody had a posting on their
> favorite modification
> to Campy NR derailleurs, I was busy at the time and
> did not get to
> reply. My own "hot rod" NR derailleur setup is to
> install the cage
> from the later Super Record which has a slightly
> revised shape
> providing better shifting and a bit more chain wrap.
> Into this cage
> I install the grey "ball bearing" pulleys, the cones
> for which can be
> adjusted JUST right, unlike the plain bearing
> pulleys that come with
> the NR. If necessary I replace the plastic bushing
> in the lower
> pivot. And then, as a finishing touch, a set of OMAS
> titanium
> derailleur bolts completes a period-correct
> customization.
>
> If anybody has a set of those OMAS bolts for an NR
> derailleur, I'd
> make a good trade or pay cash outright for them.
>
> regards
>
> Mark Petry
> Bainbridge Island, WA
>
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