Re: [CR] Campagnolo Rally - Unspeakable Tweak

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Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 08:13:41 -0400
From: "Ken Freeman" <kenfreeman096@gmail.com>
To: David Snyder <dddd@pacbell.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Campagnolo Rally - Unspeakable Tweak


If we're talking about spiral housing for the final curve in rear derailleur housing, I've found it's really good ferrule the ends. There's a stepped ferrule to fit it into the frame braze-on, if present, and it does a lot of good in making the housing rigid at the derailleur body end. I wouldn't want any of those cut wire ends gouging into my vintage Campy part, after all, not to mention needing smooth, like-new shifting.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:40 AM, David Snyder <dddd@pacbell.net> wrote:
> For that matter, stripping a spot (or "ring") of the vinyl cover off of the
> very bottom of the FD cable housing "loop" will effect a good measure of the
> benefit of using the bare- stainless housing. This for un-lined housing.
> I recall founding this out by accident, where the covering had cracked on
> it's own and the cable's movement survived the wet season with no need for
> the spray-'n-tilt routine.
>
> David Snyder
> Auburn, CA usa
>
>
>
>> Troy,
>>
>> The trick for that piece of housing at the BB with both open ends facing
>> up is to use the Campy stainless-steel housing that is not vinyl-covered.
>> The coils open up on the outside/bottom of the curve, letting water out so
>> there is no puddle. Clever!
>>
>> I still see those SS housings NOS for sale various places -- I bet some
>> list member has them for sale. Most often seen from the chainstay stop to
>> rear derailleur, or the longer pieces that are meant to go from the bar-end
>> shifter to the DT housing stop.
>>
>> Mark Bulgier
>>
>>
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Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA