TAF, JA, or just WTH?

I love those danglers but you can usually find them in parts bins the world over.

Either NOS or just fake listing and you’d get some other dangler if you bought it.

Store seems relatively legit so more chance of a NOS cache from within the bowels of a warehouse somewhere…

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it definitely looks like NOS rather than a new counterfeit - it’s got a convincing around of schmutz around where the parallelogram pivots are staked in place and the blob of grease on the spring does look decades old. If it’s a fake it’s an INCREDIBLY convincing fake.

I’ve looked at AliExpress for Shimano/SRAM groupsets and such. Their prices are matched by bike-discount.de, one of the ‘Four Horseman of My Cycling Budget Apocalypse’ in Germany.

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Bikediscount.de prices for shipping aren’t so great outside of europe though (if they even sell shim stuff outside of area)

Went searching for more possible NOS stuff and ended up here

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That site looks shady. I would recommend only using PayPal, if anyone wants to order from there.

I got scammed last year on a similar site.

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I’m pretty sure the site is legit. Their ebay store has 100% positive feedback and has a link to that site.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/improve_part

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Crazy to see that there’s a guy in china with a cnc shop making parts for vintage bike nerds. So much excess industrial capacity

I mean look at this taf post

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TAF or dentist appointment impending?

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Hello mods, I’d like to report someone using a false binary.

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Yep I follow them on IG. Some cool old shit.

Yes, definitely had that thought. Its very close, even with a narrow tire.

https://buycycle.com/en-us/bike/default-20236764c3dbe8a99-49908

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Lmao is this a pubes creation?

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Needs a Wald basket.

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gridfin for stability at speed

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JA

Someone needs to update ‘The Rules’ for gravelbros.

all proceeds from this sale will go to building back Western North Carolina after the destruction caused Hurricane Helene this year.

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