Re: [CR]Rivendell's silver shifters

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:22:31 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Rivendell's silver shifters
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Bianca Pratorius wrote:
> At Rivendell they sell something which they claim to be the greatest
> friction shifter of all time. It was made by Suntour and I believe they
> call it the power ratchet. It has an actual ratchet and pawl system and
> sells for $38.00. What was the vintage of this? I don't see it in "The
> dancing chain". How does this compare to Retro-friction devices?

Like these?

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/shifters.jpg

I bought those back in 1973, for my first derailleur bike. They're nice shifters, but I still like the Simplex ones better.

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