Re: [CR] odd campagnolo rear derailleur

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:31:15 -0800
From: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
To: Howard Darr <hdarr@embarqmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] odd campagnolo rear derailleur


Howard Darr wrote:
> I just purchased this rear derailleur.
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> Ebay Item # 290291237640
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> I received it today. It is before indexing? On topic? It produced a
> giggle or two and is fun in a weird R. Goldberg way. What is it? Does
> anyone have an instruction page? It is going to be used on a pretty blue
> Bottecchia that has a muttly assortment of Campagnolo that I like or think
> is just odd.

Looks like an early 1990s Croce d'Aune rear derailleur, post-indexing, heavy, but pretty. The rod was supposed to help it track across the cassette better, but the Record (up) and Chorus (down) derailleurs didn't have it.

Morgan Fletcher
Oakland, CA USA