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

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:06:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: MILTON CHAIN...?
To: Eugene Powell <radfin@SpiritOne.com>, Edward Albert <ealbert@bellatlantic.net>
In-Reply-To: <a7f1de2f376c3dc7a9bc2f503b48a151@SpiritOne.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I've primarily used Sedis on French bikes with Simplex RD's and they've always shifted superbly, except on used bikes with really worn chains that were probably original on 25 year old bikes.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Eugene Powell <radfin@SpiritOne.com> wrote: 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