The Campagnolo Rally isn't really a great design, but it can work very well with the right chain and freewheel combination. I had one on my touring bike for years. It worked great with a 7-speed Dura-Ace freewheel with the twisted teeth and a 7-speed Sedisport chain. When I switched to a Regina 5-speed freewheel and 5-speed Regina chain, the shifting was terrible, perhaps the worst I've ever experienced on a bike.
It's funny that the first generation, which Eric bought, had the nice drop parallelogram and special upper pivot. When Campagnolo ran out of those castings, they just put the longer cages on a standard Nuovo Record body. It appears that Campagnolo's commitment to cyclotouring never ran very deep. (Eric's actually is the best of them all, as it has the reinforcing rib on the upper casting, which prevents it from cracking in half.) Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly 2116 Western Ave. Seattle WA 98121 http://www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
