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04-04.-2004, 05:07 AM
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Re: Frank Berto's quantifiable derailleur test method
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. |
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