On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 12:51 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > I owned and used a couple of VGTs and didn't find that they shifted > all that well; perhaps I am just inexperienced in the more mundane > models available at the time. I know that I was surprised at how much > better an old, early '80s, just-pre-indexing Shimano long cage shifted > over my bastard 7 speed when I substituted it for a VGT. The VGTs > certainly looked more interesting, though.
[Preface: my remarks apply to wide range freewheels. I never used close ratio freewheels, where the Campagnolo Nuovo Record ruled the roost.] You should have tried one in 1974. They were just so far ahead of everything else it was astonishing. And they were cheap. Dirt cheap. Five bucks a copy cheap. Better by a long way than Shimano's Crane and Titlist, in my personal experience on my own P15 Paramount - lasted much longer (the Titlist got wobbly in the pivots in 1 year, the VGT lasted 15 years) too. And light years better that Campagnolo's attempts at a touring derailleur at far less cost (and in the case of Campagnolo's first attempt, far less weight as well). -- 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.
