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Originally Posted by daviddavieboy
As far as I can remember the nuovo record always had to over shift and the back to get the gear right, not that is a bad thing it is just they way they are. Possibly the shifters but I don't know I use campy shifters on them as well.
Yes, the NR shifts, but very slowly, with a lot of over shift and trimming action required....
A beautiful derailleur but performance is marginal, compared to even their French counterparts.
Unfortunately, it was traits like that with their components that gave the Japanese companies the opportunity it to present themselves as a serious alternatives to the already established and then dominant Euro component makers.
Campy just sat on their laurels too long while most of the rest of the component world, moved on.....
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