In your opinion, what is the best looking rear derailer?
08-07-21, 04:17 PM
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In your opinion, what is the best looking rear derailer?
Pick any rear derailer to set on a pedestal under showroom lights. What is it? If it's something old or rare, please provide as nice of a picture as possible. You're helping me with an art thing. Thanks!
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Not the best rear derailleur but certainly one of the prettiest... The Campy Rally First Generation.
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For me, its M900 XTR
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Depends on the bike. I probably prefer Super Record for an '80s bike, but Nuovo Record usually works for '60s - '80s.
First gen Suntour Cyclone is pretty nice as well.
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First gen Suntour Cyclone is pretty nice as well.
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Haven't found one that didn't collect debris. That'd be a favorite if it exists.
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Originally Posted by DorkDisk
For me, its M900 XTR
I’ve run both and I’ll take the M900 any day.
Of course the successor disaster they called the M95x only made the M900 that much better.
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I would put out there the Dura-Ace 7703
08-07-21, 05:40 PM
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All derailleurs are ugly.....When it comes to bicycle aesthetics, nothing beats the beautiful and aesthetically pleasing look of a SS or FG drivetrain.
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
All derailleurs are ugly.....When it comes to bicycle aesthetics, nothing beats the beautiful and aesthetically pleasing look of a SS or FG drivetrain.
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Originally Posted by Troul
not having a rear der imo is like buying neapolitan ice cream, but only to findin the container. blahhh
...that's the only flavor I care about.
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
Vanilla ice cream is my favorite ...that's the only flavor I care about.
...that's the only flavor I care about.
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Campagnolo C Record
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
All derailleurs are ugly.....When it comes to bicycle aesthetics, nothing beats the beautiful and aesthetically pleasing look of a SS or FG drivetrain.
Great suggestions so far, thanks guys.
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
Depends on the bike. I probably prefer Super Record for an '80s bike, but Nuovo Record usually works for '60s - '80s.
First gen Suntour Cyclone is pretty nice as well.
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First gen Suntour Cyclone is pretty nice as well.
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Originally Posted by Troul
Haven't found one that didn't collect debris. That'd be a favorite if it exists.
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08-07-21, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by zandoval
Not the best rear derailleur but certainly one of the prettiest... The Campy Rally First Generation.
Originally Posted by veganbikes
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Originally Posted by bwilli88
I would put out there the Dura-Ace 7703
08-08-21, 04:56 AM
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Aesthetics of the NR and C Record are superb and cannot get any better. Amazingly the designers intentionally put beautiful form into function with these models. The Japanese counterparts were also aesthetically appealing, however the designs are more function than form, which produced a better shifting mechanism albeit at the cost of beauty.
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Huret Jubilee, FTW. One of the lightest, as well.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Campagnolo C Record
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