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Bikes: '72 Motobecane Grand Record, '72 Gitane tandem, '72 Raleigh Super Course, '73 Raleigh Gran Sport, '73 Colnago Super, '76 Fiorelli Coppi, '78 Raleigh SBDU Team Pro, '78 Trek 930, '81 Holdsworth Special 650B, '86 Masi GC, ’94 Bridgestone RB-T
The other key to successful index shifting is for the derailleur to move the chain the exact right amount per click, to get to the next cog, and for the cogs to be correctly spaced for each move. Suntour, Shimano and Campagnolo all had different spacing and shifter/derailleur pull ratios.
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