Recent content by Hobo

Here are some pictures that might help. Notice the mounting bolt. You can see that when it is inserted into the derailleur body that the shoulder doesn't protrude at all. Some derailleurs have a mounting bolt where the shoulder slightly protrudes. This allows the derailleur to flex on the...

I don't think it would be to racing specs but they stay true once I tune them. I'm pretty shade tree about it. I don't use a jig. I use my eyes and hands with the wheel still on the bike. I also tighten by feel. I pretty much know what the proper torque feels like and make sure that all...

Hi, my name is Doug and I'm in Olympia, Washington in the US. I'm 68 and currently have four vintage road bikes and a couple of modern ones. The oldest one is a Bianchi from around 1962 that, at the time, was all "Campi". It was since stolen, stripped and recovered. The frame has been...

I’m currently rebuilding several of my old, road bikes. The problem I ran into was with a Suntour Cyclone, rear derailleur on a Centurion twelve speed that is probably from the early eighties. I should have been paying more attention but in my usual haste to get the job done I pulled the rear...