Re: [CR]Need a timeline lesson

From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
Subject: Re: [CR]Need a timeline lesson
To: wheelman@nac.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:35:25 +0100
In-Reply-To: <53409.146.152.216.2.1131140888.squirrel@webmail.nac.net>
References: <53409.146.152.216.2.1131140888.squirrel@webmail.nac.net>

Ray,

please see the picture of the rear dropout on my 1951 Girardengo. The Name of the Lug maker has been filed off during a rechroming job. I guess it is a Simplex (The Dropouts on the fork are) but trust me, the dropout is the original one, i personally scratched the original paint off it.

http://forum.tour-magazin.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=35047

Question @Listmembers: possibly one of the oldest frames out there with this style dropout?

other frame details: Fork crown: http://forum.tour-magazin.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=35048 Headlugs: http://forum.tour-magazin.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=35049 Seat clamp (clamp itself modernized) http://forum.tour-magazin.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=35051

Regards,

Martin Appel, Munich, Germany

wheelman@nac.net schrieb:
>When did rear derailleur hangers come into play. I have seen recently
>several bikes listed on ebay as being from the 50s with hangers and it
>does not sit well with me yet. Perhaps I just need more education.

>

>Ray Homiski

>Elizabeth, NJ