Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
Dig.
There's so much fun in playing with different derailleurs- I *do* do it to be cute. Or at least playful with it. I do think the oddball stuff is cool- ESPECIALLY when it works great. I love nifty, pretty and/or rare parts- but not at the expense of really harming performance or reliability.
Hearing the "plunk" of the derailleur cage going into the spokes is something I hope you never have to hear.
Your DB is a really cool bike, and your Centurion is outrageously classy beautiful.
Thank you! After re-reading my previous comment I want to apologize for coming off so defensively. Being such a big fan of SunTour I guess I have a hard time accepting that the Mountech could indeed be THAT bad lol. The more I thought about it though, the more I realized that it's really not worth betting my original 40 spoke rear wheel on.
I'm still undecided on a replacement, but I do really enjoy the oddball stuff, so whatever it is will have to be at least somewhat different and interesting. It will almost certainly be SunTour though.
I've often thought about going with the LeTech since it's what would have come on the next model up from my Elite GT, but then I think if if going to swap the RD I might as well try to get away from the unnecessary 3 pivot design too while I'm at it. I've got plenty of time to think about it before I'll be able to afford buying anything though
