Re: [CR]Simplex Super LJ Feedback

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <mark@encarnacion.org>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <BAY7-F32SST8nFw9MbM0002a402@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex Super LJ Feedback
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:57:05 -0500


The SLJ probably wouldn't be quite as good. Modern derailleurs virtually all incorporate the last two great innovations in non-indexing RD's: the Simplex spring loaded upper pivot and the SunTour slant parallelogram. The SLJ didn't have the slant parallelogram.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Encarnacion"
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex Super LJ Feedback



> Skip wrote about how much better the Simplex SLJ rear derailleur shifts
> compared with the Campagnolo SR he had been using. Here's something I'd
> been wondering about for a while: how does the SLJ compare with a modern
> derailleur like Campagnolo Chorus, for example, assuming both are operated
> in friction mode on a six or seven speed freewheel?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark EncarnaciĆ³n
> Bellevue, WA
>
> --
> Mark J. EncarnaciĆ³n <mark@encarnacion.org>