Re: [CR]Duopar insted of Rallye ? Query NOT an argument

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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:50:43 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Duopar insted of Rallye ? Query NOT an argument
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r cielec wrote:
> Ah, so.... Simplex, I see, is similar marriage of convenienc as
> Rallye; that is: on-hand short parallelogram mated to long cage
> plates.

To some extent, anyway. The original Rallyes were, as you suggest, little more than a Record body with a long cage. The Simplex long-cage units at least had the advantage of both upper and lower pivot springs, something the Ralleye didn't get until quite late in production.


> John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote: r cielec wrote:
>
>
>> For the record, which model Simplex ?
>
>
> Simplex made a number of long cage derailleurs at different price
> points. Here's a "BX410" from my tandem (bottom spring broke, so it's
> been retired). I think this model was low to mid range:
>
> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/bx410.jpg
>

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA