Re: [CR] Huret Jubilee "Drillium" Circa When ?

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:01:17 -0800
To: <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Huret Jubilee "Drillium" Circa When ?

At 7:37 AM -0800 2/6/09, Fred Rednor wrote:
>I thought the authentic Jubilee "drillium:" cages were reinforced so
>that they wouldn't be weakened by all the drilling. (And were
>therefore actually heavier than the non-drilled cages.) Or was that
>some other Huret derailleur?
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)

They were reinforced: There was a third tab connecting the outside of the cage (that surrounds the lower pulley) with the center, where the pulley bolt attaches.

So a non-factory drill job would be easy to spot, as it would not have the extra tab.

Jan Heine
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