Re: [CR] Long bolts forSimplex retrofriction shifters?

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:15:33 +0200
From: "Freek Faro" <khun.freek@gmail.com>
To: Aldo Ross <aldoross4@siscom.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Long bolts forSimplex retrofriction shifters?


Aldo, the Bottecchia ex-pro bike I have, full Mavic, has bottle cage bolts instead of the slot-headed chromed bolts. seems to work pretty well. Much easier to tighten!

Pic: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/freeks-racefietsen/1988+Bottecchia/SN200110JPG.html

Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands

2009/6/13 Aldo Ross <aldoross4@siscom.net>
> Installing a set of Simplex Retrofriction shifters last evening, I realized
> the included slot-head bolts are threaded French while the bike is threaded
> Italian. I found some socket-head bolts that will work, but the heads
> stick-out pretty far and look awkward.. Are there any D-ring bolts long
> enough to do the job? What type of bolts did Simplex provide... where they
> all slot-head?
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA
> (anxious to see if/when this goes through, as the list seems to be down at
> the moment)