| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1317.1 | If you have to do it, Suntour makes a cheaper version | CESARE::JOHNSON | Matt Johnson, DTN 871-7473 | Mon Sep 25 1989 15:16 | 6 |
| In my "real-time" experience, pulley wheels have lasted as long as
the derailleur has. Are you sure that Bullseye's literature about
"saving a 50-foot hillclimb every 100 miles" hasn't skewed your
perception of wear?
MATT
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| 1317.2 | SPURIOUS ADVERTISING | WMOIS::C_GIROUARD | | Mon Sep 25 1989 15:32 | 13 |
| The savings advertised are a bit spurious, in my mind. I'm
just looking for opinions on quality, good experiences and
bad people are willing to offer. I only know one person who
has them. He likes them, but we really never talked about
time savings. Naturally, I am interested in durability,
performance and a good reputation. I don't really care if
I can sqeeze out a few extra feet :-)
I have approx 5k on mine right now. They'll probably go another
grand or 2 before becoming too ratty. Is this excessive wear, or
normal?
Chip
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| 1317.3 | Cheaper than the new deraileur | WITNES::HANNULA | Is there Aerobics for Cats? | Mon Sep 25 1989 19:09 | 9 |
| My SO bought some Bullseye Pulleys a few months ago. He has a Campy
(SuperRecord? NuovoRecord?) Deraileur that is about 15 years old -
was having major problems shifting and noticed that the old Campy
pulleys were real worn. So, bought the Bullseyes in hopes that he
could put off buying a new deraileur for a while (had just replaced
the 15 year old crankset and front deraileur and was feeling Campy
poor). The deraileur shifts like a charm now.
-Nancy
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| 1317.4 | Replace pulleys as often as chain? | BUFFO::BUFFO | David Buffo | Mon Sep 25 1989 21:26 | 11 |
| My roommate has just bought the newly-published book BICYCLE MECHANICS
by Steve Snowling, a professional English mechanic (and another
author whose name I forget). He suggests changing the derailleur
pulleys with every chain change! This sounds excessive, but perhaps
he's really trying to make the point that these inexpensive items
can really improve shifting performance, and should be changed more
frequently than we otherwise would.
What do the Digital pros say?
-David, still using 4 year old Campy pulleys.
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| 1317.5 | come now... | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Tue Sep 26 1989 11:06 | 11 |
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RE: .-1
I've never heard advice like that... changing the pulleys with
each chain-change, and it doesn't match my experience (or yours,
judging from your 4-year-old Campy's?).
Besides, changing the pulleys might dislodge some dirt vital to
the smooth functioning of the apparatus. :-)
-john
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| 1317.6 | How do you tell?? | KAOFS::W_VIERHOUT | I is a school of high grad | Tue Sep 26 1989 19:51 | 9 |
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How would you tell when pulley wheels (jockey wheels (bikie slang))
need to be changed. I dont buy that you should change em when it doesnt
shift as well. I would think that if you ride the same bike day after
day the changes in the shifting would occur in such subtle amounts that
you wouldnt notice it. There must be some other (more) rules of thumb.
Wayne
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| 1317.7 | EYEBALL 'EM | WMOIS::C_GIROUARD | | Wed Sep 27 1989 10:31 | 6 |
| I noticed mine when I was cleaning the derailleur, particularly
when I was taking the sludge off of the pulley wheels. It is very
visible with nylon. I guess the answer is clean 'em and look at
'em. :-)
Chip
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