[CR]British Derailleurs

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From: "scott goldsmith" <sg8357@getcoactive.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]British Derailleurs
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:44:52 -0400
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>From: Bob Reid yep,
>The British like the Germans continued to plod on for some years with
>variable speed hub gears that were considered for a long number of
>years far more reliable than the fragile derailleur systems
>Bob Reid
>Stonehaven
>Scotland

In the Dancing Chain, F. Berto ascribes the British preference for hub Gears to belief that chain line was very important; the cycling scribes of the time really pushed the belief. Sort of like Bicycling mags flogging of goofy seat stays making a bike ride "stiff yet compliant" Later some British derailers used a sliding cog set to maintain chainline. The idler pulleys were also thought to be big power robbers.

Scott Goldsmith
Milford,Ohio
West of Suez