Re: [CR]two cables on the same side?

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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:45:32 -0400
To: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "stephen fredette" <sfredette@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]two cables on the same side?


one of the cables can be run with a full length housing from the shifter to the derailleur, but not back. there is a seperate cable for adjusting the tension of the unit. it utilises a spring at the shifter, so it can't use cable housing.

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     Stephen Fredette Hull, Massachusetts
>stephen fredette wrote:
>>i'm trying to hook up an old huret course rear derailleur, circa 1946.
>>it uses two cables so how do i get them both by the bottom bracket
>>on the same side of the seat tube?
>
>I believe this was intended for full-length housing all the way from
>the lever to the derailer and back again, housing most likely
>secured by spring clips to the down tube and chainstay.
>
>I think an open cable setup would be anachronistic for this unit.
>
>Sheldon "Fully Clothed" Brown