Hi Kurt, That is a very complete collection of shift levers. Some of them, I have never seen, whereas others are more familiar. I do not know which one was originally fitted to my 1968 PX10 frame, but the marks in the paint on the D/T indicate that it had a dome on the clamp band. Great work!! Many thanks. Peter Rogers
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:05 AM
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Simplex Criterium Shift Levers
> Simplex Criterium shifters went through a lot of variations: Pressed
> steel with checkered plastic covers, alloy with S and Simplex logoed
> plastic covers, domed clamps with the starred S flanked by stylized
> wings, pointed clamps with the S in star both flanked by textured
> panels and without, flat clamps with the roughly triangular Simplex
> logo, plastic wingnuts poking outward, lower profile wingnuts, and no
> wingnuts. All those and more can be seen by the inquiring eye in this
> little ad hoc gallery I threw together:
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> http://tinyurl.com/
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham, Washington
> USA
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> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Peter Rogers <pjrogers@rogers.com> wrote:
>> Dear PX10 threaders,
>> I think that we are approaching the right moment to turn our attention to
>> the D/T shift levers on PX10's.
>> As far as I can see from photos, the late 60's PX10's had the same levers
>> as those used in the early-mid 70's. Is this correct?
>> I think that the earlier chrome clamp band had a dome where the simplex
>> logo is (at the top of the clamp band, between the levers). The later
>> style had two points and the letter "S" in the centre of a star shaped
>> circle.
>> Are there any experts out there?
>> I notice that Tom Simpson had a PX10 with what look like plastic levers
>> in 1965.
>> Sorry to get everyone going again!!
>> All the best,
>> Peter Rogers
>>
>> Barrie, Ontario, Canada