Re: [CR]re: favorite on-topic touring derailleur

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:23:35 -0500
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Mark Stonich" <bikesmith@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]re: favorite on-topic touring derailleur
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At 6/29/2007 12:13 PM -0700, Charles Andrews wrote:
>just make sure, as has been noted by others, that you don't try to back
>up unless the derailleur is perfectly aligned with a given rear-cog, or
>the chain will wrap right around the derailleur cage, or the cage will
>try to wrap itself around the freewheel.

One of my 1st Bikesmith products was extended inner cage plates to eliminate this problem. Even sold a couple to Lon Haldeman

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