Re: [CR] The Alex Singer on French Ebay

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From: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:14:18 -0800
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] The Alex Singer on French Ebay


On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Jeremy Rauch wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:45 AM, Jan Heine wrote:
>>
>> The derailleurs aren't brazed on. Singer always brazed a little piece
>> on the seat tube that attaches to the hinge of the Huret derailleur,
>> and a little eyelet on the other side to which the bolt attaches.
>> That replaces the front part of the derailleur clamp. Almost every
>> Alex Singer from the 1970s onward has that system.
>
> What the upside to this system? Seems like it would make it impossible
> to raise or lower the front derailleur.
> Jeremy Rauch

You obviously haven't used the extremely fragile mounting of the Huret front derailleur. Phil Brown Broke 'em myself in Berkeley, Calif.