Re: [CR] Anyone refit a NR rear derailleur to a Rally

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

From: "Leonard Bulger" <lbulger@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 21:31:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR] Anyone refit a NR rear derailleur to a Rally


I put a Rally cage on a Nuovo Record, but it didn't shift too well. I tried a double sprung Rally on a short, horizontal Campy racing style dropout with a modern freewheel, and it shifted great. The combination shown here works well too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9850417@N04/

The Spence modified Record looks like it has a Simplex top pulley (Rigidex or 303 Tourist perhaps) and a Cyclo bottom pulley. I once had a Gran Sport that was modded with Rigidex cage. It wasn't by Spence, but the Desiree guy in Santa Barbara whose name I've forgotten.

Leonard Bulger
Marblhead, MA USA