Re: [CR]Jack Taylor Shifter Boss Question

In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050525112235.064f41d0@pop.gassworks.com>
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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 19:09:59 -0400
To: Mitchell Gass <mitchell@gassworks.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Jack Taylor Shifter Boss Question

Mitchell Gass asked:
>I'm curious to know what kind of shifter bosses
>are on this frame, a Jack Taylor International
>from the early 60's (SN 4709):
>
> http://www.gassworks.com/pictures/TaylorShifterBoss.JPG
>
>The threads are not the same as current bosses.
>Are they for Huret shifters? Would Simplex
>retrofriction shifters work?

Probably Cyclo-Benelux. Hurét shifters will work, except I believe you need to use a Whitworth wing bolt to match the threads.

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