Re: [CR]Looking for for a few bits to complete ultimate French road bike.

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Subject: Re: [CR]Looking for for a few bits to complete ultimate French road bike.
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:38:58 -0700
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Another good possibility is some of Grip Shift (SRAM)'s shifter cable, which is only 1.1mm diameter, or .043" Shimano used to also sell this size, for use with their tiny SP-3.6 housing.

David Snyder
Auburn, CA USA


----- Original Message -----
From: John Thompson
Subject: Re: [CR]Looking for for a few bits to complete ultimate French road


bike.


> Leonard Bulger wrote:
>
>> My 1957 Cerrina will soon be a bike again, but I need a couple of parts
>> to finish the job.
>>
>> Does anyone have a source of very thin cable to use for the cage tension
>> on a Simplex Juy 543? I tried using some modern thin cable for index
>> shifters, but that's too big in diameter to pass through the pinch
>> bolt.
>
> I have a number of old French "Ejac" cables that may be thin enough. If
> you know the diameter you need I can measure them when I get home.
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA