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New Rene Herse Nivex Derailleur
Thought this might be of interest to some folks here. Rene Herse Cycles just launched a new chainstay-mounted derailleur (up to 12-speed-compatible) that uses separate cables for shifting up and down, the updated Nivex. Priced at a cool $729. Anyone planning to build a bike around one of these?
More details here: https://bikepacking.com/news/rene-he...ex-derailleur/ Last edited by maschine; 12-12-2022 at 09:30 AM. |
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i would like to try one, I am interested in pull pull derailleurs, the lack of spring tension makes the shifting so light. I will consider one for my next build.
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$750 for something that looks like a medieval french cooking device
I appreciate anyone willing to take a step back and ask why things are done the way they are and trying something different, but seems to suggest mechanical groupsets will end up mostly all looking and functioning alike or auteur 'classic car' pieces. |
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The price is just a reflection of the low volume production and high quality materials/manufacturing methods. Adjusted for inflation this might even be cheaper than a Paul or White Industries LMDS.
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I have no interest in it but I actually think it looks pretty cool and probably works well. |
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Given the status/collectability of the early paul or white derailleurs is this on anybody's radar to purchase for a similar purpose?
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I didn't mean they are competing on the market. Just that the price of low volume CNC derailleurs has stayed relatively constant. I think the Ingrid derailleur is about 800 dollars as well.
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That is a big difference. It might be mitigated some by the market it is trying to serve. For the high end rando market (what is that 2000 people or so?) it isn't as big of a deal to have proprietary components (Sort of like frames built specifically for wireless SRAM or super clean Di2 integration in the more normal bicycle world). For the rando world having a frame built around specific components is relatively common. A nice rando set up would probably have customized racks, fenders, stem, wire routing, light mounts and brakes so adding a derailleur isn't as big of a deal as it might be for other markets.
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That price is pretty crazy, and yes it is proprietary, but none of that stops the lust! A guy can dream...
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Nah
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Has anyone seen the shifter that drives this derailleur? I've not seen it yet.
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Last edited by Xrslug; 12-12-2022 at 11:29 AM. Reason: Quotation marks added |
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Is this the finished product? It looks prototype-ish. I'm no metalurgist, but the finished aluminum here looks both soft and rough to me. It looks as though it could use some anodizing and polishing.
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it is just the straight off the machine CNC finish, it would be nice if it was polished
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