Re: Frank Berto's quantifiable derailleur test method

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On 3 Apr 2004 08:37:55 -0800, andresmuro@aol.com (andres muro) wrote:

>I was really happy when I read Frank Berto's test. I used to own a
>bike with a suntour honor rear deraileur. It was one of the top
>scorers. the campy super record was one of the lowest scorers, even
>though all my racing friends had that deraileur.
>
>Andres
>
>Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote in message news:<m28yhf1r3y.fsf@Stella-Blue.local>...
>> Mark Janeba <mandmlj@PLEASEcomDONTSPAMcast.net> writes:
>>
>> > almost fast wrote:
>> >
>> >> Anyone remember Frank Berto's derailleur test method? He measured
>> >> shifting in a few different ways. From my (rusty) memory: - Early
>> >> or late shifting (SunTour was early, Campy late?)
>> >
>> > SunTour was "late." Their indexing shift levers incorporate this
>> > fact: one has to overshift to get the "click"; when the lever is
>> > released, is settles back a bit.
>>
>> Compared to Campy, which had to be manually overshifted and returned.
>> When Sun Tour was pure friction, they shifted early compared to Campy
>> friction. Ouch, I am showing my age...

I was overjoyed to finally buy a slightly used Campy RD back in the
day. I was very disappointed in its shifting compared to my well used
Cyclone.