tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post5377788949677342923..comments2024-02-03T16:24:42.023-08:00Comments on 1410 OakWooD: Cambio CorsaGunnar Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-45589300749910973282010-03-02T07:52:34.010-08:002010-03-02T07:52:34.010-08:00perhaps with a quick feather of the rear break to ...perhaps with a quick feather of the rear break to work against pedalling would allow the pedalling force to pull the wheel in the dropout. still, I'm amazed <br /><br />AllanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-18263823465056673652010-03-01T22:51:41.281-08:002010-03-01T22:51:41.281-08:00Wasn't one obligated to let the wheel walk bac...Wasn't one obligated to let the wheel walk back or pedal it forward in the dropouts (while moving, obviously) to get the new gear as well? Frightening.reverend dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090415465883988497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-17879932133348093682010-03-01T17:55:55.125-08:002010-03-01T17:55:55.125-08:00On another blog someone mentioned that Bartali cou...On another blog someone mentioned that Bartali could shift a Cambio in a sprint!Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-60809114492330252362010-03-01T17:33:43.852-08:002010-03-01T17:33:43.852-08:00wow, an incredible feat of coordination....I can i...wow, an incredible feat of coordination....I can imagine losing a finger or two in the process while up shifting with those levers being so close to the spokes in a loose wheel--Yikes!<br /><br />Allan PollockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-64647891937684070912010-03-01T17:14:25.147-08:002010-03-01T17:14:25.147-08:00That's badass! I want one!
There is somethin...That's badass! I want one! <br /><br />There is something to be said about friction of the jockey wheels and efficiency. Having ridden my mountain bike as a single speed for the past 3-years (just put a derailleur back on it 2 weeks ago...now a 1x9), single speeding is more efficient than a derailleur bike. I can climb paved steep grades (>10%) with a 32x18 and 26" knobbies. I can't do it in a similar gear ratio with the cassette/derailleur set-up.Mimbres Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764257754905227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-75585880107242739522010-03-01T12:12:44.645-08:002010-03-01T12:12:44.645-08:00Chad? When summer comes can I take another crack a...Chad? When summer comes can I take another crack at the Cambio Corsa, what is it, Bottechia?Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-51638826978338570462010-03-01T11:56:47.181-08:002010-03-01T11:56:47.181-08:00I also suspect it's sort of like touring cycli...I also suspect it's sort of like touring cyclists nowadays, who eshew brifters due to the possibility of catastrophic unrepairable failure far from civilization. Ordinary cyclists who actually ride with brifters would most likely estimate the chances of such failure as roughly analagous to having the planet Venus crash into the main deck of an ocean liner during your first Bermuda cruise after retirement, but hey, better safe than sorry.<br /><br />mwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-46290933945265059352010-03-01T10:08:53.541-08:002010-03-01T10:08:53.541-08:00I also understand that the full chain wrap of the ...I also understand that the full chain wrap of the touring derailleurs was an efficiency issue too.<br /><br />I am certain that without tension of the springs and friction of the jockey wheels you will just fly! Particularly if you were to end up in some random, arbitrary place like Iowa or Minnesota, where you wouldn't have to actually shift the damn thing.Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695748260936745505.post-65106557478153755532010-03-01T09:59:55.049-08:002010-03-01T09:59:55.049-08:00As I understand it, most racers at the time were a...As I understand it, most racers at the time were afraid of the friction caused by jockey wheels in the derailleurs! That's why this system and others like it (Vittoria Margherita - now there's a strange system for you) lasted so long.<br /><br />Again - I've invested my "retirement bikes" on this novel system... don't bring me down!Masinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646994366746966152noreply@blogger.com