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Well that's now two grey OAs! Good man!
No idea how they were assembled but from a purely hypothetical manufacturing process perspective, surely the entire derailleur would have been assembled in-line from batches of parts all produced at the same time, so the date stamp must be fairly reliable to pinpoint time of manufacture (if not, then assembly anyway) and also would've been important from a warranty standpoint/quality control as in for potential recalls?
Whatever the case I am now much less inclined to believe that mine, the other Instafram commenter and yours are victims of fading, because of their dates.
Cheers Leeretrobikeguy":39t2zd83 said:I have a black long cage MD and a grey OA long cage that I can see, cant get to the rest as its a little difficult to move in the man cave at the moment
.....Is it also a thought that the derailleur plates may have been sat waiting on a shelf for the rest of the parts to be made? or do we think they were stamped upon leaving the factory?
RBG
Well that's now two grey OAs! Good man!
No idea how they were assembled but from a purely hypothetical manufacturing process perspective, surely the entire derailleur would have been assembled in-line from batches of parts all produced at the same time, so the date stamp must be fairly reliable to pinpoint time of manufacture (if not, then assembly anyway) and also would've been important from a warranty standpoint/quality control as in for potential recalls?
Whatever the case I am now much less inclined to believe that mine, the other Instafram commenter and yours are victims of fading, because of their dates.
