Curt,
Good observation! Herse usually routed the wires through the seatstay, Singer didn't. Since it's a short piece of wire, behind the stay, it is hard to see.
Jan
>Most of the Toei's that I've seen have the generator remote turn on routed
>through the seat stay internally. Most of the Singer's and Herse's run the
>remote on the outside of the seat stay. Neither one is better than the
>other but certainly routing through the seat stay is more labor.
>
>Curt Goodrich
>Minneapolis, MN
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jan Heine" <heine@mindspring.com>
>To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:32 PM
>Subject: [CR]Was Toei, now generator wiring
>
>
>Curt,
>
>Not sure how generator wiring can be more concealed than on a René
>Herse with "eclairage sans fil" (where the generator wiring is routed
>through the headset via carbon brushes)? Can you explain?
>
>The reason the French concealed the wires was that it looked cleaner,
>and was less prone to damage from getting entangled in stuff.
>
>Many French, then and now, transported their bikes by train, where
>they'd be handled by railway employees, hung in a baggage car, etc.
>In fact, Ernest Csuka complained how they bent his handlebars on his
>last trip to the Alps.
>
>Jan Heine, Seattle
>
>Curt Goodrich wrote:
>
>Most notably, Toei goes to greater lengths to conceal generator wiring than
>the originals. Why? I don't know but I bet he gets off on it.