hilary and all that simplex derailler looks very near to one i picked up at the denver veloswap for $1. though it no longer has the nameplate attached. will put a photo up on my photopoint site soon. interesting.... peace sarah in kansas city where the woolies felt good this morning
Sarah Gibson * Old Town Cyclery * Lenexa * Kansas
13440 Sante Fe Trail
Lenexa, KS 66215
913 894 5588
http://www.oldtowncyclery.com/
>From: Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
>To: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@mail.nls.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR] What's Missing in this Ebay auction
>Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 21:48:38 +0000
>
>Its not only the derailleur - the rear is Simplex's first parallelogram,
>but
>the aluminum framed Ideale saddle and the Stronglight cranks which are
>either earlyish 49s or type 57s. Think of what these bits would sell
>individually.
>
>Hilary Stone who is going to Calshot one of Britain's only two indoor
>wooden
>tracks tomorrow
>
>Tom Hayes wrote:
>
> > Reading the person's description and looking at the pictures, I'm going
>to
> > guess there's one happy and surprised person in Buffalo. When I first
>saw
> > it, I thought a $125.00 might bring it to my garage for a winter's
>cleaning
> > project. When I went to bid this morning it had reached $600 and closed
>at
> > over $900. There's something in those Simplex derailleurs, I guess.
> >
> > http://ebay.com/