on 10/20/10 2:28 PM, doug peterson at dougpn...@cox.net wrote: > All this talk about longevity me thinking: How long does a rear > derailer last?
I've worn out a couple - an old "Deer Head" Deore which was the original on my '83 Montare mtb. Towards the end, you could actually feel the slop as you shifted (friction thumbies). It wouldn't reliably hold in the lowest (6 speed) sprocket and was iffy shifting down to the highest gear (yep, new cables/housing). That bike saw a lot of hours and learning. The other was an XT (silver/black circa '93). That was on another mtb and it just tended not to shift after a while. Both of those were long cage. Maybe 6 years of pretty hard, off-road use under all kinds of conditions. I've got road derailleurs which keep plugging along, but most were 600/Ultegra or higher. And now I put more miles on derailleur-less systems... ;^) - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes -- 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-bu...@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.
