Originally Posted by
bikemig
The bike came with a claw derailleur right? Just pick up something cheap from your local bike coop. $5 and you're good.
You're talking about this bike, right?
http://www.bikeboompeugeot.com/Broch...hure%20P18.jpg
Pretty much any rear derailleur with a claw will work. They're available and cheap.
Now if you're talking about a bike with a forged simplex rear drop out, then finding a RD just became a lot harder.
Yep, that's the bike and it looks like a claw derailleur.
Thanks, great to know that just about any claw derailleur would work if needed. Right now I'd like to keep as much of the original parts as possible in order to have the option of selling it in the future. So probably will either buy another Simplex or try to change out the jockey wheel myself if I can. It doesn't seem overly complicated according to YouTube and definitely cheaper than buying a new Simplex derailleur.
Does anyone know a good guide to changing jockey wheels?