Without seeing any pictures to confirm my suspicion, the particular front derailleur that Harvey describes would seem likely to be a Huret Challenger II model 1050 dating from May of 1982 (...that "2082" reference cited would be a date code indicating production in the twentieth week of year 1982). Although the Huret brothers sold a majority interest of their company to the German conglomerate Fichtel & Sachs AG back in 1980, it was not until the latter part of 1982 that their wares began to be marketed under the combined Sachs Huret logo. And while I have never personally seen a Huret branded factory original front derailleur incorporating a braze-on mounting attachment (...again, lacking pictures of Harvey's example which obviously does exist), I can say with absolute certainty that the Challenger II and Jubilee models of Sachs Huret labeled front derailleurs were produced in both clamp-on and braze-on configurations.
Robert "hip hip Huret" Broderick ..the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota Sioux Falls, USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Harvey Sachs Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:35 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; teaat4p@yahoo.com Subject: re: [CR]Huret Front Mechs - Braze-on ?
Richard Cielec asked:
Were Huret front mechs offered in braze-on configuration ? Any suggestions on converting clamp-on to braze-on ? My interest is of the usual suspects: Jubillee, Success, Duopar, etc... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I can only answer the first question: Yes. Before my eyes there is a Jubilee-style, but all steel, braze-on Huret, marked with a "2082," presumably a model number. Jubilee-style in that a cam surface replaces one arm of the parallelogram. Fascinating also, in that a rather thick piece of sheet metal is variously stamped and bent to form a one-piece chassis, mounting the pivots, the stop screws, the cam, and even the convex surface for mounting to the braze-on fitting. The outer plate of the cage has "Huret" in bas relieve on a dot
background at the front, and two slots with two triangular cammy punchouts between.
One good question deserves another: anyone know what this was called, when it was made, etc?
Richard gets first dibs, if he needs it for a project.
harvey sachs
mcLean va usa.