bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Or in this case, the old TurboTrainer that's my favorite build stand.
Knocked out a quick 25 mi on the greenway yesterday morning on my International.
But with 3 miles to go, anticipating a shift on a grade, my drivetrain locked up. The RD spring was gone, and the chain sagging a foot. I put the chain on big-big so I could move forward and not have to cut the chain (I had tools to do that, but didn't want to), and managed to creep the last 3 miles.
My beautiful NOS Cyclone GT
But wait a minute, I've had this RD on two bikes now, and it has at least 25,000 mi on it.
It's been through a wreck.
Sure enough, when I took it apart, found the spring broke right where it pins in the derailleur body
No luck finding the part.
If you shop for Cyclone GT on ebay, prices are outrageous - there's a guy wanting $225.
However, if you check the short cage Cyclones, asking prices are on earth. I made an offer and got a NOS for $50.
My plan is to take apart the new Cyclone body, service everything, and reinstall the long cage.
So I'll have a new RD with new spring and jockey wheels.
While the bike's down, I have some more chores - gum brake hoods need replacing, and I have a NOS Weinmann front brake to replace the old blue-label one that came from my Grand Prix, so we'll get all new cables here, too.
Waiting on the new RD to take apart, but can work on the other stuff...
and btw, found a good YouTube for taking apart SunTour RD
Knocked out a quick 25 mi on the greenway yesterday morning on my International.
But with 3 miles to go, anticipating a shift on a grade, my drivetrain locked up. The RD spring was gone, and the chain sagging a foot. I put the chain on big-big so I could move forward and not have to cut the chain (I had tools to do that, but didn't want to), and managed to creep the last 3 miles.
My beautiful NOS Cyclone GT
But wait a minute, I've had this RD on two bikes now, and it has at least 25,000 mi on it.
It's been through a wreck.
Sure enough, when I took it apart, found the spring broke right where it pins in the derailleur body
No luck finding the part.
If you shop for Cyclone GT on ebay, prices are outrageous - there's a guy wanting $225.
However, if you check the short cage Cyclones, asking prices are on earth. I made an offer and got a NOS for $50.
My plan is to take apart the new Cyclone body, service everything, and reinstall the long cage.
So I'll have a new RD with new spring and jockey wheels.
While the bike's down, I have some more chores - gum brake hoods need replacing, and I have a NOS Weinmann front brake to replace the old blue-label one that came from my Grand Prix, so we'll get all new cables here, too.
Waiting on the new RD to take apart, but can work on the other stuff...
and btw, found a good YouTube for taking apart SunTour RD
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