Originally Posted by
Otis
Don't know what you guys are looking at, but this a cool attempt to get rid of the der clamp pre "braze-on" and run the cable inside the tube. The hole looks like a piece of tubing has been brazed inside as a guide.
I can understand that and I guess it makes sense if this was just a one-off 'show' bike since it's a pretty interesting design quirk (it has had all of us talking about it here) but I can't understand what practical application this would have.
Was that a production campy derailleur? I don't envy the person that needs to replace that front derailleur if it fails or even the person that needs to run a fresh cable to it.
I guess I just like standardized clamp-on derailleurs and I'm not into the braze-on derailleurs anyways (since I don't have any in my parts box), so grain of salt etc.