Lucien Juy was the founder and force behind Simplex. I believe he got started in the late 1920's....my impression was that he was more a marketing man rather that the mad scientist/inventor type. Perhaps Simplex had 2 golden era's....all the early work that culminated with the 543 and Juy Record 60 rear derailleurs and the LJ 23 front. The came delrin.....good for duPont sales but not for derailleurs. Forward thinking but with poor execution. Out of the ashes came retrofriction shifters and the Prestige/ Super LJ and so on....Alive in 1979 but gone in the 1980's.
Matthew 'Strictly from bad memory' Gorski Belmont Shorplex, CA
<snip> Subject: [CR]Simplex Lucien Juy ?
> Hope this hasn't been hashed about before (yeah, yeah I should probably
> check the archives) but what does the Lucien Juy stand for/mean ? Is this
> someone's name ? A famous racer ? Founder of Simplex ?
>
> Just curious,
>
> John Price
> Denver CO