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Old 03-31-15, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by nlerner
Has the Shimano "Deerhead" RD-M700 been mentioned? It works very well in a friction system, and that logo is cool, imo.



Is the M700 RD a slant parallelogram?

I've read more than a few posts about poor shifting, and it did come out before Suntour's patent expired. I know there were different versions of this unit- but I thought that was all about the upper pulley...
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