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Originally Posted by oldpotatoe
Really? You were born 20 years after this stuff was made. If you did ride it, it was already 35 or so years years old.
I'm saying this because well set up, early 70s bike stuff, using a little cycling sense and technique, worked quite well, Campagnolo, early shimano and Suntour.
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I was 18 when that ad came out. And I still ride original Campy Record ('64 Bianchi), Nuovo Record and Super Record on bikes I currently own and ride in a rotation. I also have about 5 generations of Dura Ace and early Superbe (and Pro) and Cyclone. So I ride one after the other regularly. Yes the early Campy stuff functions well enough when set up properly, it's just that the Japanese drivetrains from the same period shift better. It's all good. Besides Campy caught up when the Suntour patents expired...
Wasn't it Frank Berto that said "Campy NR RD's are so well made they will continue to shift poorly for decades to come"?