NIGEL LAND <ndland@btinternet.com> wrote: Hi folks, Anyone know of a source of either spring or rubber cable clips? What I need is the 1930's type to hold cables at the 4 o'clock to 6 o'clock position (refering to top tubes). Brown's 1937 catalogue shows a variety available, such as spring steel French "Rosa" clips, Dunlop rubber frame clips and the aluminium type where the clip threaded through a slot and folded back on itself. Resilion also made a spring clip, and Britannia a rubber sleeve which held the cable at 6 o'clock and also protected the frame from knocks. Life before braze-ons clearly required a bit ingenuity. Most of the raleigh sports bicycles used these spring clips.Someone once ask about the "Rosa" double clip for two cables---this type was also used on the 5speed schwinn stingrays of all bikes,and can be seen on ebay at times.I made several of the Alum type that thread tru the slot.(used copper for looks)The alum stock can be found at hobby shops and cuts eazy with scissors,the trick is the slot which I made using a verrry sharp& narrow woodchisel.For about $3 you can make a hand full. sam,will need some more for my prewar project,lingo Pleasanton tx
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