Re: [CR]Single Pulley Campy Sport RD

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:25:58 -0800
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Single Pulley Campy Sport RD
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I think the best and most correct use for it would be on a city bike. I've never seen a Sport in the US, but in Italy they are still to be seen on old soldier city bikes with upright bars and fenders. I think mounting it on any bike with drop bars would be strange.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA

On Nov 10, 2007 10:48 AM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I recently bought from Hilary a single-pulley Campy Sport RD. Not sure what I'm going to use it for, but I found the unusual design interesting.
>
> On receiving it, I find it is more unusual than I thought. The bottom pivot is not spring loaded, and in fact is not a pivot at all. That is, the jocky cage is fixed to the bottom of tha parallogram, and does not rotate. Instead, it is the top that pivots, and is spring loaded, AFAIK the only Campy RD with a spring loaded upper pivot until the Rally.
>
> Anyone actually used a Campy Sport? What sort of range would it shift? I'm not even sure I know how to route the chain through this thing. Anyone have a photo of a Sport RD actually installed on a bike?

>

> Regards,

>

> Jerry Moos

> Big Spring, TX