Phil, were the Retrofriction ones you spoke of made for cyclocross? I fi nd I have a second pair NIP that looks identical, and they are in fact mark ed Cross Commander on the package. I don't know what Marten is talking a bout though. I just tighten the like any other barcon with the bolt that secures the lever to the body. When the bolt is tight enough to keep th e lever from slipping, the action of shifting to a larger cog is noticeable lighter than shifting to a smaller cog, the classic Retrofriction, So I don't see the problem.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
From: M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl> Subject: Re: [CR] Simplex "Retro-friction" bar-end shifters? To: Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:23 PM
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
The pair I am holding in my hand
> have beefier, slightly curved levers and black hoods. I haven't torn
the
> m apart to see how they work, but they definately have more resistance
when
> shifting to a larger cog than when shifting to a smaller one, but like
Ret
> rofriction DT shifters.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
Sounds like the Cross Commandes ref 2615 I bought in the seventies. They contain only a few simple washers and you have to adjust the friction with the two impossible to reach nuts. They always worked themselves loose on tour, French design at it finest ;)
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands