Originally Posted by Noah Scape
Do you have access to decent used parts? If so, you should find yourself an old Suntour derailleur or something. Changing it is not too difficult to do... you should be able to handle it. Is the rear derailleur a Simplex or Huret?
it's a simplex and i don't really have any access to used parts, unless you count garage sales and craigslist as an example.
since i got the bike for free and the fact that it's considered a classic, i'm pretty willing to put some money into it for some new components or some good used ones.