I don't know about all 70's Singers onward. I have a 72 chrome one that came through Cupertino's and has no such front derailleur braze on pieces. Never had. If it did one would see the remnants in the chrome. Edward Albert Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
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> On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Jeremy Rauch wrote:
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> On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:45 AM, Jan Heine wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> What the upside to this system? Seems like it would make it impossible to
>> raise or lower the front derailleur.
>> Jeremy Rauch
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> You obviously haven't used the extremely fragile mounting of the Huret
> front derailleur.
> Phil Brown
> Broke 'em myself in Berkeley, Calif.