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05-23-19, 05:35 PM

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Aubergine

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Originally Posted by ryansu

I am sorry for your spoke shearing incident, early in my bike fiddling days I "adjusted" my RD to accommodate a bigger Cassette (yes before I went full on C&V) and ended up trashing the derailleur hanger which fortunately was replaceable. I have to say your Nyah Nyah retort made me laugh out loud, just glad I hadn't taken a drink or it would have been spit take city.

Ha. Well, I figure that arguing over C&V equipment shouldn’t become too serious. :-) I like Suntour dérailleurs a lot as well — I have a VGT on Old Peugeot #2 — so I actually would have been content to use one on the Motobécane if it had had Campagnolo standard dropouts.

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