simon bird wrote:
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> -
> I wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for an older style braze on rear
> > hanger for an
> > > early 1950s Simplex derailleur. If any one has an
> > old
> > > drop-out with one attached, a hacked off one lying
> > in a
> > > drawer or even an unused one (!) I would be
> > interested in
> > > purchasing it.
> > > This is to help in the restoration of a 1952
> > Gillott frame.
>
> Mark Bulgier wrote:
> > I think this may be the dropout:
> >
> http://bulgier.net/
> >
> > Note how the derailleur hanger doesn't hang straight
> > down in the plane
> > of the dropout, it is offset to the right by a
> > centimeter or more. Any
> > chance your brazed-on, then hacked-off hanger looked
> > like that?
> >
> > Not sure what year that dropout was made, but I've
> > been told early 50s.
> > Sorry, it's not for sale.
Interesting that it is stamped "BREV. SIMPLEX" so that means it's Italian Simplex. Here's the Italian catalog cover from 1950 when Simplex was regularly beating Campagnolo in the big races.
http://www.velo-retro.com/
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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