Leonard Bulger wrote: ---- A little later, Sun Tour made a cool looking derailleur called the Superbe Tech GT. It replaced the parallelogram with a sealed box and internal linkage (ie. piece of coat hanger wire). The cage had a second sprung pivot inside of the top roller. This gear is a real piece of crap. After a ride in the rain, the second pivot would fill up with grit and stop working. It was really fiddly taking the thing apart to clean, and it would never work properly again. The funny thing was that this derailleur was marketed for it's bad weather performance. -------------------------------------------------- A few words in defence of the Superbe Tech...... I have used it on my touring rig for a few years. Have seen lots of use, mud and bad weather. Holds up so far and never had a shifter that shifted that good. And it takes my favourite six-speed 14-38 half-step combo.
But of course, it´s before indexing (not that that will put off this list!).
Olof Stroh
Uppsala Sweden