Re: [CR]Simplex Criterium RD on eBay

(Example: Production Builders:Teledyne)

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:35:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex Criterium RD on eBay
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20040910171306.67426.qmail@web81009.mail.yahoo.com>


> Can someone tell me what is special about > this used plastic Simplex Criterium RD, > that it should be at $56 with 7 hours > to go? > > http://ebay.com/<blah>

Jerry, Isn't this is the model with the metal reinforcement plates? I don't know how long this model was in production but it strikes me that, relatively speaking, very few made it to the USA and probably even fewer made it to Japan. I also imagine that of the few which arrived, hardly any survived. Although these were more robust than the all plastic model, I suspect people just threw them away due to the similarity in appearance. Yet when set up properly, these work wonderfully. At least that was the case with the pair that I worked on. Those were found on decent-but-inexpensive Frejus (!) bikes that mysteriously appeared in the D.C. area during 1974. C'est la vie... Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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