At 6:21 PM +1200 9/1/08, Wayne Davidson wrote:
>Hi all, while going thru my stash I found that the twin shifter set
>made by Simplex, is marked made in Italy. All I can find out is
>probaly from early 50's, anyone else got a date range?.....regards
>wayne davidson Invers NZ........
When Fausto Coppi used Simplex shifters in the 1949 Tour de France, it was said that they were made in Italy. That provides a datapoint...
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