At 10:33 PM 10/03/2009 -0400, Tim Fricker wrote:
>Hey gang!
>
>Anyone care to peek at my blog:
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>http://spokesofawheel.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-bicycling-artifact.html
>
>And chime in on what model this old Simplex derailleur is? And poke around
>the blog while you're there. You might enjoy.
That would be a Simplex Tour de France, fairly late vintage. They were popular in the early 1950s, but I don't recall them actually being inscribed "Tour de France". I have a couple of older ones without the black and gold decoration. One says just "Simplex" on the arm and the other "Simplex JUY BIISGDG" or something like that.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada