[CR] Huret Duopar: What am I doing wrong?

(Example: Racing)

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:02:36 -0500
From: "Calvert Guthrie" <calvertguthrie@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] Huret Duopar: What am I doing wrong?


What's with the main parallelogram frame attachment bolt? There's no coil spring & it doesn't swing back to allow the spindle in and out of the dropouts.

I got around it on my long Trek 720 and my Schwinn Voyageur ('84 touring)

I shifts perfectly on my somewhat shorter-stayed, triple, Motobecane Grand Touring but the tire needs to be airless to get the wheel on and off. I'm working toward a finesse but at this point it is still a fight.

Fancier spindle nuts with bails, &c. make it particularly awkward.

Is there a retro-fit option that'll get me beyond this burr?

Or should I just get used to it?

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