Re: [CR]Derailleur NR vs Simplex

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 01:10:27 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Derailleur NR vs Simplex
To: lists@PeterWhiteCycles.com, Boy651@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 2/18/04 7:00:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, lists@PeterWhiteCycles.com writes:
> For rear derailleur shifting precision, Simplex wins hands down. Neither
> Campagnolo nor Huret had anything that shifted nearly as well as Simplex.
> For front derailleurs, I liked Huret the best.
>

Wow, I never had that experience at all. The nylon Simplex derailleurs I used gave NO feedback through the lever and I removed them as fast a s I could because they were JUNK compared to my Nuovo Record. Perhaps you might add which exact Simplex it was that you liked.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA