Re: [CR]Re: MILTON CHAIN...?

(Example: History)

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From: "Eugene Powell" <radfin@SpiritOne.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: MILTON CHAIN...?
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:45:07 -0800
To: Edward Albert <ealbert@bellatlantic.net>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

My recollection, what I was told back then was, that the regina chain was stiffer and the campy derailluers seemed to need that. The Sedis would shift really well for little while (at first maybe better than the Regina) but quickly loosen up and get pretty sloppy. It didn't seem to stretch any faster or wear out quicker, it just got kinda flexy. This didn't seem to be a problem with other derailleurs.

Or this could be the stuff they told me to shut me up and send me back down to the basement..................

On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Edward Albert wrote:
> Jerry
> Regina certainly was "de rigeur" but, as I recall, by the mid to
> latter 1970's we were all using Sedis Sport chains. You raced on them
> for a bit and, because they were so cheap, just threw them out rather
> than bothering to clean them. Of course you could only do this so
> many times before your freewheel and new chain no longer mated well
> and started jumping on your favorite cog. I also remember one problem
> I always had with SedisSport chains. Because of the narrow links they
> never quite fit well into the chain tools I would use. Had to force
> the links into the tool slot.
> Edward Albert
> Chappaqua, NY

Gene Powell
Rad Finishes
Portland, OR