Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:50:43 -0500 From: John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> To: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com> Cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Duopar insted of Rallye ? Query NOT an argument
r cielec wrote:
> Ah, so.... Simplex, I see, is similar marriage of convenience as
> Rallye; that is: on-hand short parallelogram mated to long cage
> plates.
To which John replied (in part):
To some extent, anyway. The original Rallyes were, as you suggest, little more than a Record body with a long cage. The Simplex long-cage units at least had the advantage of both upper and lower pivot springs, something the Ralleye didn't get until quite late in production.
John:
Just to clarify, I think you may have it backwards here - the original Rally (1974) is the double-pivot model with the cast upper body. Sturdy, reasonably good shifting performance, a stunning looker.... It replaced the "boat anchor" Gran Turismo derailleur. A quantum leap, IMO.
Later (early 1980s?), Campagnolo cheapened it up big-time, replacing it with a derailleur that was Rally cage plates on a Nuovo Gran Sport body (with a new "Rally" outer plate to tart it up a bit). Very disappointing, to say the least.
Greg Parker
Dexter, Michigan