Now that might explain Richies comment.
Yes, the front Chater Lea dropouts are internal plugs, not sockets like the Nagasawa.
And those dropouts are used on both my Brennan and Drysdale. They are neat because they offset the blades outward from the "blade".
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
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> In a message dated 3/7/04 7:05:43 PM, richardsachs@juno.com writes:
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> >just for the %#(&^ ] of it i'll add:
> >i've done a few repairs in my time and have been pleasantly
> >surprised at the construction quality i've seen in the 20s/30s,
> >etecetereterera frames built by the drysdales and pop brennans
> >of the world. these were true track frames built for the original
> >six-day era.
> >many/most of these had plug-in dropouts.
> >proper-issimo.
>
> I once built a fork for a Drysdale using Chater Lea components fromthe
> 30s-plug in fork ends.
> Phil Brown