Originally Posted by
Zinger
Nuovo Record doesn't work so good with ultra narrow freewheels. Suntour Superbe does. I'm even going with a First Generation Cyclone for a new (old) build with a 13-24 ultra 7 freewheel. If I could get a 13-23 for under $100 anymore I would have gone with another Superbe. That's how much I liked the first one with friction shifting. I was sold on slant parallelogram derailleurs 30 years ago.
And they call me a Ludite......Ha !!
SunTour ratched barcons are still smoothly useful... in fact, I use them on one bike today. A strain of Ludite is useful sometimes in cutting through the hype. Given that, brifter shifting is still a huge improvement, even if not quite as "satisfying" as a smooth dt shift working j
ust when you need it.