There are two types of Huret dropout. One is pretty normal and the other Huret specific. Schwinn supplied a sheet metal adapter (and I have made copies) to allow mounting of non Huret der. on the dropout on '70s Sport Tourers and Superiors. I presume this was a Huret part.
Another common option was to add a bit of brass and file. Also finding a Huret is not that hard.
Joe Bender-Zanoni About to go riding in 75 degree A^2
At 02:32 PM 10/27/00 -0400, Jerry Moos wrote:
>Sounds like B.S. to me. My 1978 Motobecane Team Chanpion has Huret DOs and a
>Simplex SLJ rear derailleur works just fine. The DO derailleur hanger
also has
>a notch like a Campy DO, so I'm pretty sure a Campy or any modern dreailleur
>would work also, not surprising as Team Champions normally came with Campy
>NR/SR. Either your shop guys don't know what they're talking about or the
>Raleigh has a completely different Huret DO than my Motobecane (I have a
circa
>1980 Bertin and an early 70's Mercier with the same type Huret DO as the
>Motobecane). Anyone know what the shop guys are talking about?
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry Moos
>
>Jonathan Cowden wrote:
>
>> Hi all. I recently got my Raleigh Super Tourer back from the bike shop.
>> They told me that my "bike from hell" -- their words, not mine -- has
>> Huret specific drop-outs and that nothing but a Huret would work unless a
>> new drop-out were installed. Is this true? If so, does anyone know where
>> I can find a Huret triple which will work with my bike? I happen to like
>> my two-wheeled spawn from Satan but my commute home (all up-hill) would
be a
>> little easier if I had some granny gears to access.
>>
>> Jon Cowden
>> Ithaca, NY