Re: [CR]Dropouts

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From: <rfitzger@emeraldis.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Dropouts
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:38:42 GMT

Rick Chasteen writes -
> This discussion of Simplex dropouts prompts a question about Huret dropouts, those with the tang at the front instead of the back.
>
> Is there a way to use an NR derailleur on this dropout without removing the derailleur mount? I plan to use the Jubilee that came with the bike but I would like to have the option of something else, just in case........

I went through this not too long ago when I built up a cast-off Raleigh Gran Sport with Huret ends. The only derailleur I had that works on that frame is an old, funky SunTour VGT Luxe - which was what was on the frame when I found it. There is no objective reason I can see for this derailleur to work when no others do - but it does, and it shifts gears quite nicely, as I was reminded when I rode to work on the beat old beast this morning ...

Russ Fitzgerald Greenwood, SC

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