Thanks for that info! Never occurred to me it could be the same distance. Checked with the collected wisdom of Sheldon and sure enough! I'll try it out and see what happens as it's a nice set of french made Roval wheels. Very aero in the 80's witch I guess is why Specialized had to go and buy the rights for the name.
On 17 Dec, 04:56, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > Are you thinking of their early Synchro shifters? That was pretty > much unuseable IIRC. I've only ever owned one set of Ergo levers, and > they shift very well. They're currently back on my Riv Road Std, > which is as close as I have to a 'racing' bike. Now they are paired > with an 8 speed Shimano cassette and a Shift Mate, but they were fine > with the 7 speed freewheels I was running ten years ago. > > Google found some comments from Sheldon Brown on Campy Synchro: > > http://en.allexperts.com/q/Bicycle-Repair-1824/2008/1/Campy-Shimano-c... > > Bill > > On Dec 16, 4:44 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 16:34 -0800, Bill M. wrote: > > > Campy's 8 speed stuff used the same spacing as 7 speed, it was only > > > Shimano's that was different. I used 8 speed Ergo with 7 speed Sachs > > > freewheels. It worked fine with no tinkering needed. I believe that > > > any 7 speed should work, FW or cassette. All you should have to do is > > > adjust the limit stops on the derailleur to keep from throwing the > > > chain to the inside. > > > Campagnolo's indexing used to be pure crap; then it changed and became > > good. When was that change?- Dölj citerad text - > > - Visa citerad text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
