In a message dated 10/25/2004 7:04:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RDF1249@aol.com writes:
<< I am asking for a friend of mine who has a Somec that takes top mount
shifters. It has a special block that mounts on top of the downtube and
then a pair
of Campy or other shifters mount on to that. See this pic in CR
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
Anyone know who made this piece or where to get one? >>
Hey Bob: Do you mean the braze-on? That was a kit made by Gipiemme, I bought them from Strawberry on Portland many moons ago. It was a machined block that was brazed in place, then a stamped stainless piece that attached and acted as stops for the shift lever travel. You can fabricate something like that using standard campy shifter bosses and plate. But I bet that's not what he is asking.....?
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina