Gotta go back... further... mid-80s... First gen Shimano m700 Deore (Deerhead). These are wonderful friction derailleurs that will shift like butter and last forever. Just look at this one... it's over 25 years old. http://tinyurl.com/79vo4md
Or (from the same era), one of these.... Suntour XC... overbuilt, bombproof, somewhat klunky, but beautiful and super reliable. http://tinyurl.com/7sloy5o I can't decide which one I like better... I have them both and love em. (Oh, and then of course there's the legendary Shimano XTR m951 with the built-in rollamajig... It ain't silver, but there ain't too many derailleurs out there better than this). http://tinyurl.com/7zouyp5 (BTW this dude's out of his tree...$125... that's BOO... I've picked these up for around $40) BB On Jun 4, 8:45 pm, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here 'ya go . I've used on of these for a few years . It's a modern > Silver RD. They still have them in stock . . > .lol.http://www.jensonusa.com/!xFzOUiKZz4ZvnT31UVLKxg!/Shimano-LX-M581-Rea... > > Frankly .. the older Shimanos I prefer , like from the 80/90's. They've > lightened the spring action to make indexed shifting easier, but for > friction, I find the lighter spring action a bit* too* easy. The older > RD's rock solid held a gear very easily. The newer ones you gotta be more > precise or it can hop to another gear. Oh well . .. one's "progress" is > anothers "decline" . .lol ;-) > > > > On Saturday, June 2, 2012 10:21:45 PM UTC-4, Scot Brooks wrote: > > > As my new bicycle is taking shape, I'm painfully aware all-over-again that > > there are very few rear derailers being made in silver these days that will > > accomodate my 12-36t cassette. Other than the euro LX sold through Riv, is > > there anything that comes in a plain silver finish? I don't like the look > > of the black or the silver/black Deore, though it's reliable, easily found, > > and economical. I've given up on a used one, since rear derailers tend to > > suffer quite a lot of cosmetic degradation before being offered for sale, > > generally speaking. -- 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.
