[RBW] Re: Altus rear derailer = upgrade from DeerHead
I have loved the Altus derailleur forever. An older version is on my city-fied MB-4, and I'm saving the other one for the rebuild of my All-Rounder. They were never flashy but they've always worked. Beth in ODX On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 11:58:24 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: My 1980s Schwinn Paramountain had a 13-30 six speed freewheel. It's a really nice Shimano 600 freewheel, but the 13 and the 15 were toast. It was like the original owner only used the 13 and the 15. You know the type. So, I set the limit screw on my Shimano Deer Head rear derailer to make my bike a 3x4. Then David Banzer was selling some nice freewheels, and I picked up a 13-34 Suntour Winner Pro 5sp freewheel from him. Put on the freewheel and the Deerhead wouldn't take the 34. Not even close. So, I put on an Altus from Riv. Not only did the Altus take the 34 like a champ, but it shifts WAY better than the Deerhead ever did. The Deerhead derailer is definitely old, but it's not loose, floppy, bent. I attribute the difference to the unambiguous design flaw that the Deerhead does not have a slant parallelogram, but the Altus does. The Deerhead has a drop parallelogram. Anyway, besides the fact that the Altus is humorously heavy, and besides the fact that the pulley bushings come bone dry (I lubed them), it is a really great and really cheap rear derailer. Anybody running friction shifting should give it a chance. I have no comment on running it indexed. There is something to be said about letting Shimano take a design to absolute full maturity and then let it trickle down to the very cheapest model. The Altus is that. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA P.S. Let me know if you are nostalgic and want my deerhead rear der. I'm keeping the deerhead front, for a couple reasons. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Altus rear derailer = upgrade from DeerHead
You inspire me... -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Altus rear derailer = upgrade from DeerHead
... but can one truly embrace Altus without sacrificing one's foppishness? I'm scared, Bill... need affirmation... -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Altus rear derailer = upgrade from DeerHead
My dream is to deck out a custom lugged steel frame with full Dura-Ace STI, then ditch the D-A rear mech for a gigantic heavy Altus just so I can tilt my beret rakishly when I asked Why? and answer, Well sir. I like it. ;) On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 11:24:58 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: The true essence of foppishness is self-awareness and excessively deliberate fine-tuning of one's appearance. Somebody who turns the tiniest detail of one's bicycle into an event worthy of showing-off is a bicycle fop. So, me showing off a cheap derailer is the utter definition of foppishness. Hey, look at me! I'm using a cheap derailer and it works great! On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 7:42:00 AM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote: ... but can one truly embrace Altus without sacrificing one's foppishness? I'm scared, Bill... need affirmation... -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Altus rear derailer = upgrade from DeerHead
The true essence of foppishness is self-awareness and excessively deliberate fine-tuning of one's appearance. Somebody who turns the tiniest detail of one's bicycle into an event worthy of showing-off is a bicycle fop. So, me showing off a cheap derailer is the utter definition of foppishness. Hey, look at me! I'm using a cheap derailer and it works great! On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 7:42:00 AM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote: ... but can one truly embrace Altus without sacrificing one's foppishness? I'm scared, Bill... need affirmation... -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Altus rear derailer = upgrade from DeerHead
Humorously heavy, with cartoon-sized pulleys. It's the anti-derailer! On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 11:58:24 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: My 1980s Schwinn Paramountain had a 13-30 six speed freewheel. It's a really nice Shimano 600 freewheel, but the 13 and the 15 were toast. It was like the original owner only used the 13 and the 15. You know the type. So, I set the limit screw on my Shimano Deer Head rear derailer to make my bike a 3x4. Then David Banzer was selling some nice freewheels, and I picked up a 13-34 Suntour Winner Pro 5sp freewheel from him. Put on the freewheel and the Deerhead wouldn't take the 34. Not even close. So, I put on an Altus from Riv. Not only did the Altus take the 34 like a champ, but it shifts WAY better than the Deerhead ever did. The Deerhead derailer is definitely old, but it's not loose, floppy, bent. I attribute the difference to the unambiguous design flaw that the Deerhead does not have a slant parallelogram, but the Altus does. The Deerhead has a drop parallelogram. Anyway, besides the fact that the Altus is humorously heavy, and besides the fact that the pulley bushings come bone dry (I lubed them), it is a really great and really cheap rear derailer. Anybody running friction shifting should give it a chance. I have no comment on running it indexed. There is something to be said about letting Shimano take a design to absolute full maturity and then let it trickle down to the very cheapest model. The Altus is that. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA P.S. Let me know if you are nostalgic and want my deerhead rear der. I'm keeping the deerhead front, for a couple reasons. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
