Re: [CR]WTB gold simplex shifters

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

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From: "Steve Leitgen" <sleitgen@charter.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB gold simplex shifters
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:42:03 -0500
To: stephen fredette <sfredette@earthlink.net>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

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
> be troublesome.
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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