Huret derailleur performance

[jim haseltine]

A Svelto was good when new but wore very quickly even if maintained. Unlike the Eco which was never great but would go on and on and on and on and on. I suspect there are still some 1970s Ecos out there doing sterling work every day.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Suntour VX if you don't want to spend out for cyclone.

 

[Frankenorange]

I remember my Cyclone Mk2 being absolutely brilliant. It shifted really well, was super light, good to look at, and it survived a few offs with just a bit of filing required to get rid of the gravel rash.

 

[Nob]

Looks like a Svelto, cheap and cheerful and graced many a Carlton and Raleigh. Worked OK until someone dropped the bike sideways on it lol

Spawned the lightest mech of the era and beloved of TT bods.

Yes the beloved Huret Jubilee Mech that the King Alf Engers used on his famous speed machine

 

[3wheeler7]

My '73 RRA had the Jubilee group factory fitted, but it was a special build for a Raleigh design employee.

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

@Nob or someone else of a TT nature, any idea why he had the brake levers that side of the bars? Aero? Must have made stopping interesting.

 

[bikeworkshop]

@Nob or someone else of a TT nature, any idea why he had the brake levers that side of the bars? Aero? Must have made stopping interesting.

Can only be Aero

 

[jim haseltine]

Yep, but back then it was 'clean airflow'. The only 'Aero' we had was a chocolate bar. If I recall, it wasn't long before the RTTC got their knickers in a twist over the levers and probably found another reason to ban Alf - something that they did on a regular basis.

 

[Midlife]

Yep, levers in that position were banned as they could not be reached from a “normal riding position”

My old jubilee mech I have somewhere has a drilled pulley cage from the factory iirc.

 

[Nob]

@Nob or someone else of a TT nature, any idea why he had the brake levers that side of the bars? Aero? Must have made stopping interesting.

Purely aero because at the time it was thought to be less air turbulence but in fact in the wind tunnel it proved to be more turbulence than in the traditional position. But I was great to see but the old RTTC boy club soon banned thst positioning of brake levers..