Re: [CR] Huret Ratchet DT Shifters ?

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:08:41 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net>
Cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Huret Ratchet DT Shifters ?

http://picasaweb.google.com/haxixe/HuretRatchetingShifters1976?feat=directlink

or

http://tinyurl.com/huret-ratchet

Phots of Huret ratchet shifters from 1976.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA

2009/9/3 Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net>:
> No, these shifters are more like the Suntour ratchet shifters.  They have a very fine ratchet, so there is no friction when pulling on the levers, only when releasing them.  The clicking can serve as a sort of primitive indexing.
>
> They have excellent feel.  They have an unusual color, which looks like titanium, and are unusually thick.  Functionally, they the result is similar to Simplex retrofriction.
>
> Louis Schulman
> Tampa, Florida
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Sep 3, 2009 10:06 AM
>>To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>>Subject: [CR] Huret Ratchet DT Shifters ?
>>
>>Ahoy !
>>
>>In the catalogue link generously provided by Charles, I noticed ratchet dt shifters.
>>Are these Simplex retro-frictions disguised by an Huret moustache ?
>>
>>Richard Cielec
>>Chicago, Illinois; U.S.A.
>>
>>--- On Wed, 9/2/09, verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>From: verktyg <verktyg@aol.com>
>>Subject: Re: [CR] question about Huret Jubilee front derailleurs
>>To: "Charlotte Bronte" <j1847e@yahoo.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:05 PM
>>
>>(Snip)
>>
>>This link shows details for Huret front derailleurs and shift levers in their 1977 brochure:
>>
>><http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId$41>
>>
>>Chas. Colerich
>>Oakland, CA USA