I have never seen any Simplex track ends - in either real life or in a catalogue - changing from road to track ends can cause problems - the seat stay tabs on the dropout on a road end are often in a different place to those on a track end. Why not make track ends from thick steel plate with the tabs in the correct place?
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
Larry Strung wrote:
>
> I have a rather beat old PX-10 frame hanging about that I would like to make
> into a fixed gear bike for fall/winter/spring commuting. My vision of this
> bike includes changing the drop outs for track versions - ideally Simplex ones
> to replace the Simplex road ends on the bike presently.
>
> Was there such a thing? Do any of our frame builder list members have access
> to them? What would be a good alternative - aesthetically - instead of them?
>
> Many of you will just say to run the bike with the road ends, but the rear
> derailleur hanger + cable guide bothers me on a fixed gear bike. The cheap
> way out would be to heat the cable guide off, and grind the derailleur hanger
> off - but that kind of smells of butchery.