re: [CR]WTB - Spidel (Huret?) derailleur (photo link fixed)

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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 11:44:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: re: [CR]WTB - Spidel (Huret?) derailleur (photo link fixed)
To: Rich Pinder <rpinder@usc.edu>, classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <43909CEE.2050001@usc.edu>


Pretty sure that's a Spidel-badged Simplex SLJ 5000T. As someone mentioned, there were also Peugeot-badged Simplex RD's. I have Simplex RD's badged as Simplex, Spidel, Peugeot, Gipiemme and even Motobecane. Most of the Peugeot-badged ones I have seen are not quite top of the line, but maybe one or two steps down, though still pretty nice. In this era, after thinking better of their near-total reliance on mostly plastic derailleurs, Simplex produced a bewilderingly large number of derailleur models with almost every conceivable combination of alloy, steel and plastic. Very often, an essentially identical design would be produced in 3 or 4 different combinations of materials. This makes buying them on eBay tricky, as it is often impossible to tell the material of construction from a photo.

BTW, as far as I know, nearly all Simplex RD's after the mid-60's had glued-on badges, so if one HAD TO HAVE a Spidel-badged one, and could find some model of trashed Spidel RD wiith a useable badge, one could perform a badge transplant.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Big Spring, TX

Rich Pinder <rpinder@usc.edu> wrote: Dont know why somtimes Tinyurl and/or Thunderbird sticks in those wierd asterisks on the URI - Sorry

Here is the photo of the puppy I'm searching for

For the early 80's peugeot (so I can remove that Shimano 600 that looks out of place!). Pic of what I'm looking for here:

http://tinyurl.com/drs7a

Thanks,

Rich Pinder
Van Nuys CA