Originally Posted by
jeffpepperdine
This bike is a really great marriage of old and (somewhat) new. Great work. Makes me wonder whether I could do the same with a first gen chorus rear derailleur. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for some 8spd ergos.
I installed my 1st-gen Chorus rear mech on my GC just to compare it to the NR that came on the Masi. It fit quite well on the dropout and adjusted easily. In friction mode it shifted very well. I could not tell you how it would do in an indexed setup. I'm not sure Campy designed that early Chorus for indexing, did they? Perhaps in the B mode with the angled parallelogram it would index well. In the A mode the design geometry is lacking compared to the NR and SR.
But in the end, try it and see! Especially if you have a set of 8-speed Ergo levers on hand - it's always worth it to put a set of those on a bike!