Re: [CR]WTB gold simplex shifters

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:39:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB gold simplex shifters
To: Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net>, stephen fredette <sfredette@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <F4100BE2-80A5-45D6-9A8F-FC44836DFF01@charter.net>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I'm not sure the dimensions were differenet between later cutout verison and ealrly Sunburst version. I both cases, i don't think the levers switched easily between clampon and brazeon.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net> wrote: The one I just tried was the older solid with a star and an "S". Came with a super LJ set I bought in 1980.

Steve Leitgen La Crosse, WI

On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:15 AM, stephen fredette wrote:
>> it's not the familiar "loop" lever version that poses thte problem.
>> there seems to be an earlier (?) version where the lever is solid and
> features a nice starburst pattern. these are the ones that seem to
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>> Or just the braze-on version of the retrofriction lever. They seem to
>> turn up regularly enough. They fit perfectly well on my [off-topic]
>> aerobars on one of my bikes:
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>> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/jubilee/pic6.jpg
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>> --
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>> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
>> Appleton WI USA