I bought a leftover 15-speed Trek 720 around 1985. It had the Duopar Titanium rear and a Huret front derailer with a plain-sided, deep cage, definitely made for a triple. The cage looked much like the Mountech derailer from the same era, no shift-assisting features but dropping down close to the chainstay. It shifted lazily so I went with a more sturdy-looking Deore model that was a more contemporary design. I can't remember if the Huret front derailer had any plastic bits (arms may have been a metal-plastic sandwich, iir) but the parallelogram looked somewhat flimsy. I (drat) threw it away after hearing so many bad stories about French parts (esp Helicomatic) from shop owners. On a related note, I never rode with Prestige derailers until recent years, and I find they work well. What a surprise. Even a front changer with a crack in the housing has endured a couple of years now, since I don't tighten the clamp any further. The crack surely happened 30 years ago, but I think it has perhaps stress-relieved itself by now.
David Snyder
Auburn, CA usa
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> Ken Freeeman wrote:
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>> Was there a Duopar front derailleur? If not, what did Huret typically
>> pair
>> with it?
>
> No; at Trek, we spec'ed the Jubilee front derailleur with the Duopar.
> I've also seen the Success FD paired with the Duopar.
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> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA