Joel wrote:..
>and that rear metal dropout thingie on the tourist model on ebay, i think
>the bare metal portion is probably just part of the derailleur, perhaps?
>you can just see bits of the purple dropout poking out behind it... but
>the actual dropout itself is pretty interesting as well, what with that
>extended bit into the chainstay...
Harvey Sachs responded:
>The "extended bit into the chainstay" is a key, I believe. If I am not
>mistaken, that is the hanger for an old-style rear derailleur whose spring
>action was a door spring to a point near the BB. Travel was along a
>straight line parallel to the axle. Lots of them made by Simplex, Cyclo,
>etc.
As p 172 in "The Dancing Chain" says: "1958-61. The Huret Monobloc rear derailleur required a unique braze-on two-bolt mounting. Cyclo, Huret, and Simplex could never agree on a standard derailleur hanger."
Roy "still building wheels" Drinkwater Lititz, "still cold" PA