Re: [CR] Wierd sturmey shifters

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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 11:23:31 -0500
To: "Charles Taylor" <phatswag@mediaone.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Wierd sturmey shifters


Charles Taylor wrote:
>Hi All,
>I've taken reciept, along with a large box of stuff, of a smaller box
>containing five strange little sturmey archer shifters. I think they clamp
>on the top tube. They have a face plate that is shaped like a slice of pie
>(mmmmm... pie) which is marked to indicate "Low", "N" and "High", and the
>shifter is a little chrome plated doodad sticking out the top. Anybody know
>what's up with these? Regards, and thanks,

Those are "quadrant" shifters. See: http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_q.html#quadrant

They were used on most S-A bikes before WW2. I believe the handlebar mounted "trigger" shifter replaced them in the mid-late '30s. I don't think quadrants were produced after the Big Dust Up.

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