I'm going to assume it was a worn, used, mechanism, as I'd done this same ninth to first downshift every day for the past month, as well as smaller downward jumps into first while on the road during that time with no problem. If anything, the FD was being a difficult to adjust PITA, but the rear was working just fine. And, it's been on the bench repeatedly in that time trying to get the setup to work as well as my Campy Gran Sport (yes, I enjoy frustrating projects, why do you think I was willing to take a second shot at marriage?).
Well, the bike will be sitting for at last the weekend, while I badger the doc on how soon I can get back on two wheels - both bicycle and motorcycle. Automatic transmission SUV's just don't do it for me.
George R. "Syke" Paczolt Montpelier, VA Deranged Few M/C
--- Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> Wedging the chain between FW and spokes is almost
> alway due to not having the limit screw adjusted
> quite right, although certainly wear on the RD can
> cause this to go out of adjustment.
>
> But if the Criterium is going to give you a pain
> in the wrist every time you look at it, you can't go
> wrong with the Simplex SLJ, which IMHO is the best
> non-indexed RD ever made by a pretty wide margin.
> The Huret Jubilee RD was the lightest ever made, and
> one of the prettiest, but was a bit on the fragile
> side and did not shift as well as the SLJ. I was
> just asking about mounting Huret RD's in my posting
> this morning, and haven't received any responses
> yet, but I believe there was a different version of
> the Jubilee for Simplex DO's with the derailleur
> body a bit different from the Campy or Huret
> version, so you will have to sort that out if you go
> the Huret route.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
Syke Deranged Few M/C
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