In a message dated 3/27/01 11:27:50 AM EST, tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com writes:
> Your late SR bike is screaming out for Simplex
> retrofrictons. That way you can avoid the too-new
> Campy retros and instead have the shifters that so
> many pros were actually using before C came around. I
> imagine it was all those Campy-equipped teams running
> Simplexes that inspired the C-record shifter. To it's
> credit, it was a bit smoother than the Simplex, and
> had the correct cable wrap for a Campy derailleur.
> Both types of retrofriction were more failure-prone
> than the old nylon-bushing Campys.
It is hard to think "pinnacle" when those nasty self adjusting shift levers are in the picture isn't it? Amazing how long they beat that dead horse.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA