Originally Posted by cudak888
You aren't kidding, Syke! That GS tops anything I've used before, save for second-gen Suntour Cyclone. It's nice being able to make shifts on the front rings without having to worry about the chain skating, grinding, or in bad cases, dropping, for a change.
Interesting - you'd think that they'd become looser after 500+ miles of use. Odd.
Kurt,
Back in 1972, I was buying Campagnolo because it was the best, but my understanding of that was more on snob value than actual mechanical appreciation. Riding my Raleigh has shown me just how much better Campagnolo was over anything else, until the Japanese stuff started showing up on the market.
In the past month, putting just shy of 400 miles on my Gitane Tour de France (Simplex Criterium) has: a. reiterated the superiority of period Campagnolo, b. snatched the rose-colored glasses from my memory regarding Simplex, and c. had me really aghast as to what crap we considered not only acceptable, but good, 35 years ago.
Syke
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