On Wednesday, Aug 28, 2002, at 02:08PM, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>Mavic bought Simplex in the early 1990s I seem to remember. Anyone else
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>Chuck Schmidt
>SoPas, SoCal
from the "Dancing Chain"--
>Simplex's 1985 bankruptcy was the only way to comply with restrictive French labor laws. Henry Juy reopened with forty employees producing a small range of products. They called their 3 derailleur lines: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. in 1987, Simplex merged with Ofmega. No Simples-equipped bikes were displayed at U.S. shows after 1987. In 1995, Simplex was owned by Sratec,a company that makes locks for Peugeot cars. They made a small range of Simplex derailleurs and the Retrofriction downtube shift levers.>
No mention of Mavic buying them nor of collaborating recently.
Has anyone seen current-production Simplex parts?
Jack Bissell Tucson, Az
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