Re: [CR]Re: portacatena

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:29:06 -0600
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: portacatena
References: <18545.65.220.90.243.1197317099.squirrel@webmail.nac.net>
In-Reply-To: <18545.65.220.90.243.1197317099.squirrel@webmail.nac.net>
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>


wheelman@nac.net wrote:
> Typically the premier bicycles from Japan would be outfitted with either
> Shimano or Suntour grouppos. For that reason I always wondered why my
> 3Rensho has the drop for a Portacatena set up. Was there an equivalent
> Japanese version?

Yoshi Kono used Campy dropouts on many of his 3Rensho frames, and most 1010B dropouts came with the portacatena drilling (even though vanishingly few bikes were ever fitted with the portacatena hardware).

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA