Reputation and reality are two separate things. I've ridden more Zeus than anything for 30 years, and never had a Zeus part fail. Never had a Zeus crank crack - I can't say the same of Campy NR cranks. And 1970 was before the release of the Zeus 2000 gruppo, which unlike Campy SR, actually made INTELLIGENT use of titanium.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
Derailleurs
> jerrymoos wrote:
> >
> > This was probably more a clone of the Zeus Criterium than of the very
> > similar Campy NR. Finish of the RD maybe a bit rougher than Zeus
Criterium/
> > Campy NR, but the Triplex RD is pro quality at an amazingly low price.
The
> > shift levers are also basically Zeus Criterium/ Campy NR quality. The
FD is
> > a bit cheaper than Criterium/NR, but still not bad, and much better
than,
> > say, Campy Valentino. I bought 4 or 5 of these derailleur sets and I'd
say
> > they are an amazing bargain.
>
>
> Quote from _The Dancing Chain_ by Berto, Shepherd & Henry: "The 1970
> Zeus gruppos: Cirterium, Alfa 72, and Alfa Junior, all copied
> Campagnolo. Zeus did not have a high reputation for reliablility."
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
>
> .