Schmid wrote:
> Hello List,
> I was contacted by a former racer living nearby in Innsbruch Austria who
> wants to restore his Cinelli SC which he bought in 1952 new!! At some
> point in time, he decided to modernise this bike, by upgrading it whith
> a new shifting system and adding some brazeons. In order to use newer
> hubs, he filed down the notches on the cambio-corsa/Paris-Roubaix
> dropouts. He still has the matching axles but unfortunately gave away
> the Paris-Roubaix shifting system. He used the Cinelli until recently as
> a town-bike, but now got aware that the cinelli might be to valuable for
> this. So he decided to go for a restauration and now is looking for the
> missing parts.
> So, can anybody help in this matter and point me to a source for the
> dropouts
You can buy rack (and pinions) at a gearing specialist. I'd investigate if you can't braze in new teeth instead of replacing the dropouts -- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands