All the aluminum freewheels I ever used (Maillard, Campagnolo and SunTour) wore out their cogs very fast. But I wouldn't call that unreliability.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
wspokes wrote:
>
> The only item of Zeus that I have ever seen or heard that was unreliable was the alloy freewheels which would average about 80 miles before being thoroughly worn out.
>
> Walt
> falls creek, pa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Sep 10, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay outing: Spanish Copy (Triplex?) of Campy NR Derailleurs
>
> Out here in California in the 1970s and 1980s The Quick Release Bicycle
> Club (Joe Kossak, Director Sportif) was sponsored by and rode Zeus
> components and the team members told me they were very unhappy with the
> reliability of the Zeus parts (I won't repeat their actual words). They
> did, however, like the Zeus alloy freewheel.
>
> These things are what make a reputation...
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
>
> jerrymoos wrote:
> >
> > Reputation and reality are two separate things. I've ridden more Zeus than
> > anything for 30 years, and never had a Zeus part fail. Never had a Zeus
> > crank crack - I can't say the same of Campy NR cranks. And 1970 was before
> > the release of the Zeus 2000 gruppo, which unlike Campy SR, actually made
> > INTELLIGENT use of titanium.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay outing: Spanish Copy (Triplex?) of Campy NR
> > Derailleurs
> >
> > > jerrymoos wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This was probably more a clone of the Zeus Criterium than of the very
> > > > similar Campy NR. Finish of the RD maybe a bit rougher than Zeus
> > Criterium/
> > > > Campy NR, but the Triplex RD is pro quality at an amazingly low price.
> > The
> > > > shift levers are also basically Zeus Criterium/ Campy NR quality. The
> > FD is
> > > > a bit cheaper than Criterium/NR, but still not bad, and much better
> > than,
> > > > say, Campy Valentino. I bought 4 or 5 of these derailleur sets and I'd
> > say
> > > > they are an amazing bargain.
> > >
> > >
> > > Quote from _The Dancing Chain_ by Berto, Shepherd & Henry: "The 1970
> > > Zeus gruppos: Cirterium, Alfa 72, and Alfa Junior, all copied
> > > Campagnolo. Zeus did not have a high reputation for reliablility."
> > >
> > > Chuck Schmidt
> > > South Pasadena, CA
>
> .
> _______________________________________________
>
> Walter Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa