In my experience working as a bicycle mechanic in the mid-to-late 70s, the Japanese stuff (i.e., Suntour/Shimano) was generally lacking in durability. They shifted well enough when new and went downhill from there. Campy always seemed to shift better once broken. I'm still using 25 year-old Campy Super Record derailleurs on my Ciocc!
Steve Whitting
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/
From: P.C. Kohler <kohl57@yahoo.com> Subject: [CR] Campy line up through the years To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 8:58 AM
"Super Record - Misguided effort at being more starkly modern than NR but with the smallest measure of added functionality."
Huh? I thought it was an effort (and successful) to materially lower the weight of Campagnolo NR so that your basic racing bicycle fitted with Campag SRwent from around 22.5-23 lbs to 21.5 lbs. If lighter is "starkly modern" I guess that's one way of looking at it. To me it just makes for a lighter machine. Still shifts like crap but no one will ever make a Campag enthusiast out of me!
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA