Originally Posted by
onespeedbiker
Why not go back 10 more years and look at the Crane GS?

Because a drop parallelogram RD is not as good as a slant parallelogram RD.
Originally Posted by
Italuminium
not to hijack the thread, but what's the word on Shimano STX-RC? I'm thinking of replacing the crappy SIS derailler on my rando build to enable a more radical gearing.
This is what I was going to suggest to Jim depending on the other components. The STX-RC is nice and shiny silver where most of the other derailleurs have some sort of silver or black paint, etc. They will handle a 32t cog without worry.