Re: [CR] 1981 Period Correct French Pillar?

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

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From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:23:39 -0700
To: john@os2.dhs.org
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] 1981 Period Correct French Pillar?


On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 5:07 PM, John Thompson <johndthompson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/15/2010 08:26 PM, John Siemsen wrote:
>
>> And was there ever a braze-on Huret Jubilee front mech?
>
> Apparently there was:
> http://homepage3.nifty.com/ClassicBicycles/brands/components/Huret1stJubileeDM.jpg
>
> I've also seen (but can't find now) pictures of a Herse-modified
> clamp-on Jubilee that removed the breakage-prone front section of the
> clamp and attached the rear portion to some poorly-visualized braze on
> piece. I wish I could find that picture again...

Here's some photos of constructeur modified Huret front derailleurs as described above. The first photo in the series is a Singer, the rest are by Herse.

http://tinyurl.com/herse-fds

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham,Washington
USA