I'm not good on ebay. Have you seen a B68S in honey? If so, I'd like one. I thought I was the only one with parts in the closet but I only have a XT Rapid Rise derailleur but the original one is still fine 63,000 miles and still trucking.
On Friday, February 18, 2022 at 8:26:05 AM UTC-5 lconley wrote: > I got it off of eBay. They are out there. I had been looking for a while, > an NOS one showed up for an expensive but semi-reasonable price (less than > some people want for a beat-up used one) - lets just say less that a pair > of CeramicSpeed pulleys. Most people want way, way too much for them , kind > of like NOS Brooks B-68 saddles which range from $100 to $400 - I buy the > $100 ones. It will probably be going on my Rosco Bubbe V1 with the RX100 > FD, shifted by Dura Ace bar end shifters on Paul Thumbie mounts. It could > end up on my Riv Custom though. Kind of depends on the front derailleur - > the water bottle mount is located too high for most front derailleurs like > the RX100 (I have a Rene Herse 42-26 crank), but the Campy Athena 11 works > and I already have the Athenas on the bike, but the large pulley DA RD > would seem more Rivendell-ish. I just cannot find my way to using a Dura > Ace RD with Campagnolo FD - kind of like putting a Chevy engine in a > classic Mustang. > > Laing > > On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 6:13:52 PM UTC-5 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Laing – Where did you pick up your big bad proto-Altus? >> >> On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 1:55:34 PM UTC-5 lconley wrote: >> >>> The version 3 of the Campagnolo Rally was in fact, just a Nuovo Record >>> with the long Rally pulley cage. Very strong and reliable, just didn't >>> shift very well. >>> I sold the Schwinn LeTour GT300 and Campagnolo FD that came on my >>> Paramount and put Suntour Cyclones on it in probably 76 or 77. I bought the >>> Rally to put on it when I was going to restore it (still haven't) and >>> bought the GT300 recently - looked for years without finding one for a >>> decent price. The Paramount currently has Campy Super Record RD and FD. >>> Just for a laugh: >>> [image: Capturegs.JPG] >>> >>> Laing >>> >>> On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 1:41:41 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The adapter cage setup is "ok". I had it on my Motobecane restoration, >>>> set up with 13-32 6 speed in the back, 30/46 in the front. It covered the >>>> range fine, but the Campy rear derailleur doesn't track the shape of the >>>> cassette the way modern derailleurs do. I swapped it out for a better >>>> shifting Suntour V-GT Luxe. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 10:46:19 AM UTC-5 E. Ricky Creek >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> These are all really cool when seen together like this. I have been >>>>> curious to try and old Campy derailleur with the Soma adapter cage. >>>>> https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/product/soma-derailleur-cage-threaded-set-2790?category=764 >>>>> Has anyone tried that and was it a keeper or just an oddity? >>>>> I honestly probably won't ever stray from the Altus 310 for the rest >>>>> of my bike life. I stocked up early in the pandemic and have recently >>>>> been >>>>> buying the replacement pulleys, too, so I am set. >>>>> Now for front derailleurs... >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 9:07:27 AM UTC-6 lconley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have been going through all of my various boxes, toolboxes, etc. >>>>>> and getting all of my various parts organized. Decided to get all of my >>>>>> derailleurs together. On top are the New-In-Box Dura Ace 7700 GS and the >>>>>> Campagnolo Rally (version 1a with the reinforced hanger). Below the Dura >>>>>> Ace is a Dura Ace variant, the LeTour Schwinn Approved GT-350. This was >>>>>> a >>>>>> rebadged Shimano Crane GS which was what you got with a Dura Ace Touring >>>>>> Group. This is what came on a Schwinn Paramount P-15 instead of >>>>>> Campagnolo, >>>>>> because in Schwinn's evaluation it shifter better, which it did. This >>>>>> was >>>>>> the beginning of the end for Campagnolo's dominance and the start of the >>>>>> acceptance of Japanese parts at the top levels. The Rally was >>>>>> Campagnolo's >>>>>> response, their first dropped parallelogram derailleur and the best >>>>>> shifting Campagnolo derailleur of the Nuovo Record era. But none of >>>>>> these >>>>>> shifted as well as a Suntour slant parallelogram which was still under >>>>>> patent at the time. Then there are of course, front and rear Campagnolo >>>>>> Nuovo Record derailleurs, because in the seventies, if your bike didn't >>>>>> have Campagnolo, you weren't s**t. There is even a mostly plastic >>>>>> Simplex >>>>>> Criterium spare for my Gitane in there. An ultra-compact RX100 FD, an >>>>>> all-silver Sora. >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: DerailleursS.jpg] >>>>>> >>>>>> I know there are other hoarders, uh - I mean collectors, out there. >>>>>> >>>>>> Laing >>>>>> Delray Beach FL >>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/da15c27f-83cf-482b-83a4-9ba4b8031d00n%40googlegroups.com.
