Well there s a fine little thing you can put in place of the hole. Dropout Savers are one of the really great things that have become nessisary in the last 10 years so most shops will have them. If you want a bike for riding these are dynomite and unless you look really close nobody'll know it's even there. I've been given many a frame with a bent deraileur hanger with torn out threads that was deamed "unridable" by the previous owner, after 15 minutes it was quite ridable again. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 rfitzger@emeraldis.com wrote:
> Rick Chasteen writes -
>
> > This discussion of Simplex dropouts prompts a question about Huret dropouts,
> those with the tang at the front instead of the back.
> >
> > Is there a way to use an NR derailleur on this dropout without removing the
> derailleur mount? I plan to use the Jubilee that came with the bike but I
> would like to have the option of something else, just in case........
>
> I went through this not too long ago when I built up a cast-off Raleigh Gran
> Sport with Huret ends. The only derailleur I had that works on that frame is
> an old, funky SunTour VGT Luxe - which was what was on the frame when I found
> it. There is no objective reason I can see for this derailleur to work when no
> others do - but it does, and it shifts gears quite nicely, as I was reminded
> when I rode to work on the beat old beast this morning ...
>
> Russ Fitzgerald
> Greenwood,
> SC
>
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