RE: [CR]mystery Simplex "rear mech"

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: 'Mark Petry' <mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]mystery Simplex "rear mech"
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:38:57 -0800


Ah, I think I have it - it's a "Record 60" with the nameplate gone (or maybe some were made with no nameplate?)

Compare Mark P's mystery derailleur, http://www.petry.org/markp/simplex1.htm with this shot of a Record 60: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Simplex/JuyRecord60.jpg (I don't know who the photographer is; I probably stole it from an ebay auction)

Here's a good shot of a 543: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Simplex/JUY543_02.jpg note the difference in the coverplate over the pull chain, compared to both of the above.

If I'm not mistaken, the Record 60 is rarer and nicer than the 543, so this should be good news, eh?

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA