Re: [CR]Simplex retrofriction levers - lubricate?

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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:24:48 -0500
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex retrofriction levers - lubricate?
To: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <229177.94176.qm@web38907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <148264C4-E54A-11DC-A001-00306583A234@sbcglobal.net>
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cc: CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

I am with you on that Phil. I think most ghost shifting is the cause of dirt not oil. Steven Willis The Bike Stand 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Brown
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Cc: CR
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex retrofriction levers - lubricate?

>
> On Feb 26, 2008, at 11:26 PM, dan kasha wrote:
>
>> I know that one should not lubricate a campy NR shift
>> lever unless one likes ghost shifting, and this
>> subject has been covered at length here.
>>
>>
> Sorry, I disagree.I put a drop of oil on my fingertip and rub the friction
> disc to lightly coat it before I assemble the shifter. I've done this for
> 35 years and I never have the dreaded ghost shift and my Record shifters
> work smoothly. the plastic ones, no oil.
> Phil Brown
> Nice day in Berkeley, Calif.