I recently picked up this all-original 1985 trek 620. It has the stock huret duopar eco rear derailleur, and huret pilot for the front. Groupset is shimano N600 50/45/28 for front and Maillard sh-700 14-28 5spd freewheel.
I’m giving it a full tune and refresh on cables, bearings, and making the swap to a set of suntour friction barcons, so I was wondering if it was worth swapping out the derailleurs while I’m at it.
Options I was looking at:
-Upgrading to the duopar titanium
-swapping to a matched set of deore LX deerhead m700 front + long cage rear
Swapping to a suntour v gt luxe rear and suntour xc pro front
Worth making any changes or just let it rip as is?
by harrisonmaz
2 Comments
Deerhead is always cool. Suntour Cyclone is cheap and great, as is Shimano Crane GS.
If you’re not changing the gearing I would leave these derailleurs on there