Re: [CR]Simplex retro-friction with SR or NR

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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:32:41 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex retro-friction with SR or NR
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Bianca Pratorius wrote:
>
> With all the list's putting down of Campy rear derailleurs last week,
> it has me wondering just this:
>
> The main complaint with Campy rears is that it requires a slight almost
> imperceptable overshift before the chain settles down into its proper
> cog. Would this preclude using Simplex Retro-friction leves..?
> Obviously not, because the pros typically used retro-friction in
> conjunction with Campy rears. What's up? Is retro-friction capable of
> overshifting? I thought not. So how is the retro-friction lever
> successful in its pairing with Campy?
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Shores

A rose is a rose is a rose...

Turns out, in the end, a friction lever by any other name is still a friction lever (BTW, an index shift lever with a friction mode will even do).

With all due respect, I think the main complaint with Campagnolo's rear derailleurs (GS, Record, NR and SR) had to do with their poor shifting with touring gears, something that they were never designed to do as they were _racing_ derailleurs.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California, Southwestern USA

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