Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!kehoe From: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Touring derailleurs, specifically the Duopar Message-ID: <1832@reed.UUCP> Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:18:29 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1832 Posted: Sat Aug 24 15:18:29 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:13:47 EDT References: <157@uw-june> Reply-To: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 21 I munched the first Duopar I ever installed when I worked at a bike shop. My boss wasn't pleased. You *must* shorten your chain by two or three pairs of links. The rule of thumb that chain length is correct when the derailleur pulleys are verticals in 1st and highest gears doesn't apply to Duopars. I've been happy with every derailleur I've owned (well, semi-happy back when I used Simplex Prestige's). I currently like the Shimano DuraAce best, but then I use a 13-21 freewheel (with 28-36 chainrings). I like the new Everest "Ultra-6" chain *much* better than the SedisSport -- shifting is 200% better. -- He still remembered hearing Andy Warhol say, "No, the best was when this guy bit off this guy's nose. That was the best sex." And William Burrough's answer: "I heard about that." -- "Wasn't that the best sex, Bill?" -- "Ah, yes, I imagine so." -- "The best." Dave Kehoe tektronix!reed!kehoe (503) 230-9454