Re: Campy Rear Derailleur

[Robin Hubert]

"lefty" > wrote in message
om...
> I recently tried using a Suntour New Winner 7spd freewheel (13-28)
> with my Nuovo Record rear derailleur. Doesn't work, upper pulley
> wheel is too close to the 28t cog. This same freewheel worked just
> fine with the Super Record derailleur that was previously installed.
> Is the a capacity tooth difference between Nuovo and Super?
> Is there another Campy rear derailleur from the same era (80's) that
> will work with this 28t cog.
> The newer rears have a higher tooth capacity, will the work ok? Or
> will the # of teeth in the pulley wheels creat a problem (if the are
> different)?
>

Buy yourself an inexpensive ($20) Shimano derailer and it'll shift better
than that NR ever did.



--
Robin Hubert >

[Paul Southworth]

In article >,
lefty > wrote:
>I recently tried using a Suntour New Winner 7spd freewheel (13-28)
>with my Nuovo Record rear derailleur. Doesn't work, upper pulley
>wheel is too close to the 28t cog. This same freewheel worked just
>fine with the Super Record derailleur that was previously installed.
>
>Is the a capacity tooth difference between Nuovo and Super?
>Is there another Campy rear derailleur from the same era (80's) that
>will work with this 28t cog.

The Rally was one from the 1970s & 80s, would not look out
of place on a Nuovo Record bike.

>The newer rears have a higher tooth capacity, will the work ok? Or
>will the # of teeth in the pulley wheels creat a problem (if the are
>different)?

Yes newer ones will work more than "ok" - they will shift vastly
better than the old stuff, even fairly cheap ones like Veloce.

--Paul