Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Boston-ish, MA
Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
Of course we can't know your chain so take this with a grain of salt. I run new or newish chains, usually SRAM PC870, with both vintage and new FWs. It isn't so much that your parts were NOS or old or whatever but that the cogs were worn. A nearly new chain should work fine with a new FW.
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