[CR]Demultiplicators & Retrofriction--Don't French translate great?

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From: "Stephen Barner" <steve@sburl.com>
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Subject: [CR]Demultiplicators & Retrofriction--Don't French translate great?
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:20:32 -0500

Yes, they are certainly designed to work that way, but the one I have here (which is some kind of alloy) doesn't look like it would be rocket science to modify. It might be tough with one of the earlier delrin versions.

Someone asked about Simplex retrofrictions, functionally one of the best non-index shifters ever made, IMHO. They have no similarities to the plastic shifters Simplex sold,which were too flexy for my tastes, with the exception of a smaller cable take-up radius than some other makes. An example can be seen at http://www.mindspring.com/~d.g1/gitane2.htm

Steve Barner


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From: Philcycles@aol.com Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:15:39 EST Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex Retrofriction Levers To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

In a message dated 12/30/02 7:56:54 AM, steve@sburl.com writes:
>You might find that the Simplex levers result in a longer-than-desired
>throw, especially if matched to a wider spaced cog. I have the
>retrofrictions matched to an NR front on a triple setup and the lever moves
>over 120 degrees to shift all three rings. Of course, this could "force"
>you to install one of those cool Simplex demultplicators...
>Steve Barner, getting ready to go skiing in sunny Bolton, Vermont

Sorry, Steve, those cool Demultiplicators work the other way. They don't reduce the lever throw, they increase it to provide better "feel," according to Simplex advertising. Phil Brown In cool but sunny NMoHo, Ca