I've been looking at the pictures in the Vintage Bicycle Quarterly, number 2. For those of you with a copy (sorry for those CR Listmembers who can't follow along with this): 1) Page 14, figure 6 appears to be a threadless stem on a Routens seen in 1956, very similar in design to what is seen today. Anybody know when this design was first used? 2) Page 18, figure 11 shows a brake lever shifter, that is very similar in function to the Campagnolo Ergo shifters--lever with button. This is from a 1949 bike. Does anyone know of earlier brake lever shifting mechanisms? Lou Deeter, amazed and intriqued by these early machines. Orlando FL