>>2022486Yeah, took it apart, cleaned & greased everything. Put a matching fd on.
Both are lightweight, but that doesn't matter on a 30lb bike. They work well, and I think they're elegant. Love friction shifting.
Various clever bits, details that are different from anything available now.
When you put a chain on/take it off, you don't have to thread it through the rear. You just pass it through that gap in the lower cage. Stuff like that.
Went on a pretty long ride on Friday, rail-to-trail, and was constantly flipping between adjacent gears. So I swapped from 2x7 to 2x10 earlier today.
Couldn't reliably get into the lowest gear with the 10 spd cassette, even with the low limit screw all the way out. Used a flat needle file, took off some of the 'horn' that the limit screw butts against.
Not unreasonable I guess. This thing is from 1982, frame is from 1983... when "10 speed" was the total number of gears.
Works fine now, though there's perhaps only 3mm between the inner face of the derailer cage & the spokes. I'll take a pic when there's good lighting.
Didn't have a ds dust seal for the newer freehub body, so I made one from the lid off a bread crumb can (thin hdpe). Usually wonder if the stuff I do is shitty or clever.
