Lou and all,
In the Dancing Chain, I believe I remember a pic of a Simplex circular-like shifter on the brake hood as well, anyone have a book handy?
Walt Skrzypek Falls Creek, Pa
BTW: Jan Heine put together another excellent issue!
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:36:13 -0500 LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
> 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