Shimano 200GS Groupo NOS

[Skeelsie]

I upgraded to a 200GS rear mech on my Raleigh Lizard.

Big step up for long cage SIS.


It's just badge engineering it'll be sweet as.

 

[W W Biffta]

rode a 100gs equiped raleigh the other week. oozes quality, i promise you.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

200gs chainsets had bolt on rings - you just had to find the right version.

ah, that must've been the 200gs SE

 

[legrandefromage]

200gs chainsets had bolt on rings - you just had to find the right version.

ah, that must've been the 200gs SE

the ones with nylon coated arms - lift the plastic and theres your bolts

aaaand 200gs came with thumbshifters ner ner ner

 

[Tallpaul]

the ones with nylon coated arms - lift the plastic and theres your bolts

Sorry, but those are defo riveted. Why would they have that cover if there was a removable bolt there? As you can see the nylon cover is one piece, so you'd have to damage it to service the rings :?

 

[MJN]

I remember the rings being riveted, not replacable...perhaps as a set...hmmm

Yup, if the rings came off at all it was all together. I remember wearing the rings out on one and it was way cheaper to buy a whole new chainset, never mind the weight saving I made just by 'upgrading' to STX :shock:

200GS was awful, particularly the brakes.

thanks for the confirmation- these are as nightmarish as I remember them being

LGF was talking about the older thumbshifter version,I had Exage Country on my 1st MTB and that had replaceable chainrings,it was then replaced by this pile of s***!

 

[legrandefromage]

Honestly! there was a 200GS crankset with bolt on rings. I only found out purly by chance, in a 'looking up Barbie's skirt' sort of way.

I'm bound to come across a set again so I'll show you all (que manic laughter)

 

[Coleman]

It might have been cheap but thanks to the hyperglide it shifted better than any campag or suntour groupo of the time especialy under any kind of power.

 

[fredgassit]

That 200GS chainset is a Shimano design classic. It'ws basically the same as the TY20 chainset that was available until fairly recently.
Trade could buy them unpackaged in a box of 20 for as little as £3 per set. Get a bike in with a 122mm axle for a worn out transmission job, fit one of them, a Sedis chain and a screw on 6 speed block. 15 minutes work - £30 parts profit plus labour. Oh happy days! (not a mechanic anymore)

 

[legrandefromage]

Gentlemen, if any of you said to yourselves ''I'll eat my _____ if 200GS cranksets have replaceable rings''


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