Simplex frame ends were generally both with and without gear hangers. The version with gear hangers was only as far as I know for use with Simplex gears. The thread was finer than that used on Campag hangers and there was no stop. Later versions of the Simplex dropout with hanger had unthreaded holes. The earlier versions with hanger did not look as if they had been brazed-on perhaps someone has brazed-on a Campy style hanger?
Hilary Stone
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>From: Bob Reid <bob.reid1@virgin.net>
>To: Classic List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]Simplex frame ends
>Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2001, 9:27 am
>
> I've currently got a Flying Scot frame from 1957 with Simplex frame ends -
> nothing unusual in that - but - the right-hand side looks for all the world
> like a mirror image of the left-hand but with the hanger portion having been
> brazed onto the underside rather than a one-piece assembly. It doesn't look
> like a repair and would not be otherwise noticeable if it were not devoid of
> paint. Was this common on Simplex frame ends or is it just a well executed
> repair following damage to the hanger ?
>
> Bob Reid
> Stonehaven
> Scotland