Re: [CR]What is the worst bike component ever made?

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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:29:04 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]What is the worst bike component ever made?
From: "D. Kennard" <d.kennard@home.com>
To: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <3ABE99AF.B0CD73F3@penn.com>


I have a Supercronos rear that I haven't tried out, but it looks well made, and very much a copy of series II Super Record. From it's appearance, it should function just like it's Campy counterpart. Cheers,

Duane Kennard


> So what was wrong with Supercronos? I have seen them only in photos, as they
> appeared not long before Zeus stopped marketing in the US. I have quite a
> bit of Zeus Crtierium/2000 stuff, which I rate the equal of Campy NR/SR and
> also a recently acquired Zeus Cosmos gruppo, which strikes me as similar to
> C-Record, as both are good quality but slightly timid attempts by European
> manufacturers to catch up with Japanese innovations. Was Supercronos much
> lower in quality? In what way?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Wdgadd@aol.com wrote:
>
>> How about Zeus Supercronos changers and brakes? They should have been
>> ashamed!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wes Gadd