Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I agree. The middle line Japanese stuff always was a good value. I had an affinity for SunTour, partly because they were the underdog and Shimano was the evil empire. Most of the Shimano stuff is actually good, but their gratuitous annual changes are annoying.
That's a nice old Simplex derailleur. Never seen one of those.
Stupidly, I sold my Huret Jubilee long ago. What a cool thing that was!