My recollection/experience is that they first came out in the very late 50's/early 60's and were all steel and had a pinned metal badge; then in mid/late 70's they had a steel post but aluminum head (still with pinned metal badge); then in early 80's had an aluminum post and aluminum head (still with a pinned metal badge); then finally in mid 80's they had an aluminum post and head but changed to a foil decal in place of the metal badge. Since these posts were generally spec'd on French bikes, the Peugeot PX-10E in particular, you see 26.4/26.6/26.8 most frequently but I've seen all versions in 27.2.
Eric Elman
Somers, CT USA
>I have a 1973 Raleigh RRA with a 27.2 Simplex post like the one on Ebay but
>mine is alloy, i think. IIRC there were both steel and alloy versions. The
>steel were earlier. The alloy were from the early/mid-1970's. I think?
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> George Allen
> Lexington, KY
> USA
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>>My limited experience with badged simplex seatposts is that they date
>>early
>> 70's. Could be wrong, of course. Any other info from better informed
>> listm
>>embers than I ?
>>Nick March, Agen 47000, Lot et Garonne, France=0A=0A=0A
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