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/3abda162-b93f-4cb7-92b9-f967451a72ban%40googlegroups.com.
