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[email protected] (Art Harris) wrote in message news:<
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>>Will a 20 year old Huret front der work with an STI left shifter (triple) and narrow chain? If
>>yes, how much better will a modern front der work? It will be used with a Stronglight 99 crankset
>>(47-36-28).
Adam Rush wrote:
> Is this a gramhead question in disguise? On that note, what was the story on the Jubilee: Is it
> still the lightest ever? If so, why? What was its capacity?
AFAIK, yes. A Huret Jubilee rear is an aluminum version of the Svelto. Clean, simple, dependable in
steel. Fragile in aluminum. The front had excessive deference to weight. A cever curved body allowed
a nylon roller on the cag etofollow an arc, eliminating two rivets and the lower arm. The body is so
spare, however, that simply clamping a wrong-size body on the bike ( 28mm Metric vs 28.6 Imperial,
something once commonly done with impunity and/or a piece of tape ) will easily crack the body. They
are not durable. ( Yes I bought them when they were in style).
The front is a classic shape double, 36-52 is about it. The rear being a road-sized vertical
parallelogran with unspring top pivot, these won't hold a lot of chain. Rear capacity 28t --with
chain sag if you combine that with more than about ten teeth difference in the rings.
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