Re: [CR] Simplex "Retro-friction" bar-end shifters?

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From: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Simplex "Retro-friction" bar-end shifters?
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:41:04 -0700
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


On Oct 11, 2008, at 12:22 AM, Stronglight49@aol.com wrote:
> Am I missing something?
>

Yup. They're just about the best bar end controls made. Very smooth and positive. I've had them on a couple of bikes and I've got an NOS set-complete with demultiplicator ready to go. Campys can be made to work as well but it required a deft touch with a T wrench and just the right amount of Phil Oil. Suntours rank third with me because of the ratchet. If you get them you will need a 7mm socket to install them. French, don't you know. Phil Brown Sunny and crisp this morning in Berkeley, Calif.