Hi all
I know that there has been a lot of traffic on this subject, but I
thought that I would offer my two pennorth (2 Nickells) worth on the
subject. We all know the purpose of the device, and its conception was
good BUT - in Pro road racing (Kneteman, Raas, Kuiper etc) one needed
the confidence that when it comes to the sprint, you could push the gear
lever forward and have confidence that you were on the 13 sprocket and
could GO. Not the case with the Portacatena. Banging the lever forward
for the sprint often shipped the chain onto the Portacatena carrier,
which was not a lot of use in a sprint.
Hence the device was quicly shunned by the TI Raleigh Team.
Mike Mullett
Reading UK