1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help needed

[handmadecyclist]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

According to Sheldons crib sheet here: http://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html

Suntour and Campag spacing is the same for 8's so XC Pro 8's shifters should work.

There are two set for sale here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suntour-XC-Pr ... 3a874aa4b5

Carl.

Boom! Thank you that man.

Just looked at prices for NOS Campag OR stuff on Ebay.... just about recovered now...

 

[24pouces]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

Your seatpost is Mavic

For the rear cogs, you could only change the spacers for being shimano or Suntour compatible

 

[Vinevo]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

That thing sticking out your bars looks like the internals of a Campag Bullet shifter which would make sense as there are no shifters

 

[handmadecyclist]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

That thing sticking out your bars looks like the internals of a Campag Bullet shifter which would make sense as there are no shifters

May well be. I was given *some* bits of a bullet shifter (just the one) with the bike. Not all the bits you need, mind you.

 

[handmadecyclist]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

Your seatpost is Mavic

For the rear cogs, you could only change the spacers for being shimano or Suntour compatible

The seatpost is indeed Mavic (quite nice too) and you win a virtual biscuit

 

[Coleman]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

Cool - that is the third Nigel Dean Nevads that I have seen, two are in my garage Redhat on here has a Montana, that has 501 magnum frame.

I have a set of bullet shifters and a set of thumbies that you can have for sensible money - pm me.

Gil_m has the proof for these decals that we scaled from pics for my resto.

So pleased to see another one, they are great bikes.

 

[handmadecyclist]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

Thanks Coleman - have PM'd you

Blimey you are indeed a knowledgeable and friendly bunch - thank you everyone for all your help.

I will give her a polish and add to the British Steel thread once worthy

 

[handmadecyclist]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

Coleman - I have PM'd you

Campag experts - I seem to have been given a pair of Shimano trigger shifters with the bike (marked 'SB' on one of the shifters). It looks as if they may have been used on the bike at some point.

Any idea if they are compatible? I'd have thought not, but you never know?

 

[hamster]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

According to Sheldons crib sheet here: http://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html

Suntour and Campag spacing is the same for 8's so XC Pro 8's shifters should work.

There are two set for sale here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suntour-XC-Pr ... 3a874aa4b5

Carl.

Wrong
It won't work. While the cassette spacing is indeed the same, the pull per click of Campag is completely different. You need Campag shifters to work with a Campag mech. As a short term fix, use thumbies with the indexing switched off.

 

[drcarlos]

Re: 1990 Nigel Dean / Campag - ID and compatibility help nee

Are you sure? I used to use an Olympus rear mech with M730 thumbies and a UG 6 speed cassette BITD and the indexing worked perfectly.

I'll add that I bought the Olympus mech on a whim (it was massively discounted from about £70 to £25) and just swapped it over from a DeoreII and used it for about 2 years like that. I did try and use some XCD 6 speed thumbies at one point with the Deore mech and UG cassette but try as I might the index was always just off. Now we have the resource of Sheldons site I saw that the speed spacing for Suntour and Shimano was different so it would never work.

Carl.