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

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:17:54 -0400
From: "Eric Goforth" <eric.goforth@gmail.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Simplex "Retro-friction" bar-end shifters?
References: <c43.38c15639.3621ae1f@aol.com> <a629cd27b2108e4d7aafcbc0ffbdde8f@sbcglobal.net>
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Phil Brown wrote:
>
> 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.
> So they do have a spring inside them similar to the downtube shifters?

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Eric Goforth
Durham, NC, USA