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Old 08-07-21, 08:13 AM
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75lechamp 
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Rear derailleur - Eroica

Well, my latest thought is I am considering taking this bike to Eroica if I can get it ready by then. I found out in 2018 these knees are way too old to go with 52/42 x 14/28, so I would need to use my 14-34 SunTour, and there's no way my NR will work on that. So, this monstrosity came in the mail:


In good shape, plenty of bling, but....

This thing is a boat anchor, almost a full pound!


Also, I think this thing needs a claw as the top bolt does not mate with the dropout.... any ideas?

So, I decided to go "off-Campy" for this purpose, and my parts bin yielded this, which I think came off an old Grand Touring I had...



I think the date code on this is 1975 (RJ), so a little further out, but period-is correct?

Looks like it should work with the 14-34

Swapped in a set of SunTour sealed pulleys, a nice improvement over the original pulleys...

Cleans up real nice, I think this might work if I can get this build together by early September...
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