Advice needed for rear derailleur replacement - Darkside content

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jova54 - Member

My brother has asked me to get his road bike back into useable condition without spending too much money.

It's about 20 years old with a 6 speed block and changers on the downtube, no fancy indexing.

The chain is trashed and the rear derailleur needs replacement.

Any suggestions as to a reasonable rear unit that will do 6 speed, (current one is a Sachs/Huret)? I presume a Shimano HG40 would be a suitable chain.

Cheers

Posted 2 years ago #
uplink - Member

Any cheap dérailleur should work AFAIK
All the indexing is in the shifters

Posted 2 years ago #
jova54 - Member

Any cheap dérailleur should work AFAIK

Is there any issue with the size/thickness of the jockey wheels, I can only get one out of the old unit as the second is rivetted in?

Posted 2 years ago #
uplink - Member

I'm trying to recall what my brother did - but I'm sure he just used a modern one

Posted 2 years ago #
jova54 - Member

Cheers uplink.

I've seen some cheap sale ones on CRC so I'll probably get one of those.

Posted 2 years ago #

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