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12-27-05 | 02:56 PM

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Sheldon Brown

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Originally Posted by The Pontificato

Until someone mentioned Sachs-Huret I had completely forgotten for almost 30 years that I had retro-fitted my old Falcon bike with a Huret "Jubilee" rear derailleur and also possibly the front one as well.

Back in the 70's the Jubilee was the lightest derailleur made...

It still holds that record, they're still in some demand for folks who want to put together superlight bikes...

I've got one hanging around that I plan to use for a chain tensioner so I can use a double chainring setup with a Nexus 8 hub. (Although the Jubilee is light and pretty, it has a reputation for fairly wretched shifting performance...but I wouldn't be shifting it!)

Sheldon "Vive La France" Brown

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