Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,172
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Yeah, they worked well when new, but yuck. And those plastic shifters were crappy, too.
And the front derailleur? It didn't pinch the cable, it gouged it! And pushrods aren't as good as parallelograms or whatever they're called.