Re: [CR]Simplex track ends

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 21:57:41 +0000
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex track ends
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: Larry Strung <strungl@pathcom.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <002601c16593$0a0ce660$6207f9d8@hc74601>


I have never seen any Simplex track ends - in either real life or in a catalogue - changing from road to track ends can cause problems - the seat stay tabs on the dropout on a road end are often in a different place to those on a track end. Why not make track ends from thick steel plate with the tabs in the correct place?

Hilary Stone, Bristol, England

Larry Strung wrote:
>
> I have a rather beat old PX-10 frame hanging about that I would like to make
> into a fixed gear bike for fall/winter/spring commuting. My vision of this
> bike includes changing the drop outs for track versions - ideally Simplex ones
> to replace the Simplex road ends on the bike presently.
>
> Was there such a thing? Do any of our frame builder list members have access
> to them? What would be a good alternative - aesthetically - instead of them?
>
> Many of you will just say to run the bike with the road ends, but the rear
> derailleur hanger + cable guide bothers me on a fixed gear bike. The cheap
> way out would be to heat the cable guide off, and grind the derailleur hanger
> off - but that kind of smells of butchery.