hmm! then that makes just all the more interested in hearing back from the seller as to what the serial # is... hadnt considered the cyclo/simplex mount thought...
-joel
>Joel wrote:..
>and that rear metal dropout thingie on the tourist model on ebay, i think
>the bare metal portion is probably just part of the derailleur, perhaps?
>you can just see bits of the purple dropout poking out behind it... but
>the actual dropout itself is pretty interesting as well, what with that
>extended bit into the chainstay...
>
>
>The "extended bit into the chainstay" is a key, I believe. If I am
>not mistaken, that is the hanger for an old-style rear derailleur
>whose spring action was a door spring to a point near the BB.
>Travel was along a straight line parallel to the axle. Lots of them
>made by Simplex, Cyclo, etc.
>
>Once upon a time, I converted one of these on a Taylor Tandem to
>take a modern derailleur; that tandem was built in the late 60s. I
>just don't know why Taylor was still shipping with that ugly thing.
>If I am right, then the shiny plate is something cobbled up to hang
>a modern derailleur.
>
>Harvey Sachs
>mcLean va
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