Re: [CR]Danger derailleur or cool idea...?

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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:56:59 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Danger derailleur or cool idea...?
To: ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031112215912.04c661e8@pop.mindspring.com>


Ann,
     This is actually a common modification that is rediscovered from time to time. As for why Campi didn't do this to begin with... who knows?
      Regards,
      Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia


--- ADP wrote:


> I did this and it seems to work and beyond the fact that the
> Gods of
> Vintage Lightweight Correctness might be offended, can anyone
> tell me if
> this is ok...?
>
> I took the cage off my NOS Campagnolo Rally derailleur and
> put it on my
> spiffy, shiny NR derailleur. Shifts that 14-28 freewheel
> perfectly. Looks
> like it belongs there, except that you all know it does not.
>
> Worst case scenario is that there is a reason why Tulio
> didn't design a
> long cage NR and the derailleur is going to catastrophically
> and
> spectacularly fail, diving into my newly built Torelli
> Master/Campy Record
> wheel, bending the hanger on my freshly painted bicycle and
> causing me to
> have to walk home in tears in my non vintage cleated shoes
> (the last time
> I had a un-repairable tire failure I walked back to my car in
> socks).
>
> So far it works too well. There has to be a reason no one
> else has done
> this, other than offending The Gods of Vintage Lightweight,
> or, you all are
> capable of riding up big hills in a 42-24...
>
> Ann Phillips, Decatur GA - home of the Franken-derailleur.
>
> _______________________________________________

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