Nice bike! I'm using a modern SunRace 7-speed freewheel and a Sachs chain with my Rally. As noted by another commenter, the newer freewheel and chain probably account for the improvement in shifting compared to what it was back in the day.
--Eric campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:59 AM, Jim Cloud wrote: > I've used a late version of the Rally rear derailleur (here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964304@N05/4880410555/in/set-72157624699133170 > ) for about the last 14 years on my vintage Paramount. It works > quite well. I do notice that the Rally works better with a SunTour > Winner Pro or Sachs freewheel than the old Regina freewheels that were > available when the Rally appeared. > > Jim Cloud > Tucson, AZ > > On Apr 5, 10:23 pm, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: >> It's a dual pivot so it does mimic the SunTours in that regard, but I have >> never seen a Rally that was a slant parallelogram design and that was the >> other key thing in improving shifting. IIRC the Rally was discontinued >> before the SunTour patent expired and Shimano pounced on it. I'd have to go >> look at the Campy timeline. >> >> The Rally derailleurs do shift better with modern cog profiles and flexible >> 3/32" chains; they were terrible back in the day of 5 speeds. >> >> On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:10 PM, Eric Norris wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Actually, mine shifts very nicely, probably because its design mimicked >>> Japanese derailleurs of the time. This particular Rally is on my PBP bike. >> >>> --Eric >> >>> On Apr 5, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: >> >>>> On Apr 5, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Eric Norris wrote: >> >>>>> Campagnolo Rally. Friction shifting ... Retro ... Beautiful ... Is there >>>>> any other choice? >> >>>> Almost anything else. Those derailleurs shifted very poorly, even by >>>> Campagnolo standards of the time. Any cheap SunTour contemporary >>>> derailleur shifted much better. Campy was behind the curve in derailleur >>>> performance for years and years. >> >>>> Purty, though. > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
