Re: [CR]WTB: NR/SR jockey wheels

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 22:04:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB: NR/SR jockey wheels
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20060601045406.62021.qmail@web35509.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Don, Thanks. I was hoping you discovered they were resurrected from the dead and extinct.

your LBS probably has suntour pulleys - Geeze, I wish. Shops around here have history lasting a nano-second. Eight speed indexing is described as "in the day".

Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois

Mr Donald W Gillies <donald_gillies@yahoo.com> wrote: suntour pulleys are no longer made but stocks of NOS suntour are still littering bikeshops across all of america. your LBS probably has suntour pulleys, either new or in the discard bind.

- Don


--- r cielec wrote:


> Hi, Don:
>
> I'd prefer Suntour to Shimano but, gotta use what
> I can get.
>
> Do you know a source for Suntour pulleys? Still
> being made?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinoiss
>
> Donald Gillies wrote:
> Richard Cielec suggests shimano plastic pulleys
> for a campy rehab. I
> worry that there is the issue that the bad vibes
> from the pulleys are
> going to rub off on the jockey cage, and eventually
> travel up to the
> parallelogram and make the rivets come lose, causing
> slop in the
> campy derailleur.
>
> My personal preference would be to use cheap Suntour
> plastic pulleys
> for a campy rehab. These pulleys have the correct
> attitude for a
> campy bike. If the logos bother you THAT MUCH, then
> 30 seconds with a
> dremel should make them into "no-name" plastic
> pulleys. Moreover, the
> vibes from the pulleys won't shake your rivets loose
> ... *grin*.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA
>
>
>
>
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