Originally Posted by
Bikedued
Neither works when your derailleur is plastic,
. The FD model was a Super Competition for anyone interested in that sort of thing. Were all these companies trying to save weight or what? Plastic is not something you want taking the place of metal in a stressed part, especially not 1970's plastic. The newer
stuff is scary strong, but back then, nuh uh.,,,,BD
Those plastics used back then were new, and lightweight. They didn't test things out to any great degree back then, at least apparantley not with bicycle parts. Guess it's a good they weren't sending up astronauts, huh?
That velo orange shop is just down the road from me. Next time I'm up in Nap-town I'll try and stop in.