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Originally Posted by witcombusa
Still ride these on a few bikes. But other early ('70s) Campy drivetrains got upgraded to Simplex Retrofriction shifters. They are fantastic. I like DT shifting, simple, light and direct.
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Yes, or Campagnolo C-Record Retro-Friction shifters...mid to late 80s..Had ball bearings and such to make the shifters prevent slippage common on older SR shifters PLUS..
Introduced CDA, A-B Chorus, Athena 'slant parallelogram' rear ders. Valentino really thought 'click shifting' was the thing of cycle-tourists and nurses so introduced big barrel Retro-Friction in late 80s..that worked great with these ders and he thought real racers and pros would not do the click shifting gig...
Opps.
BUT, still have these on my Moots with an Athena rear der.