[CR]ASC Indicator Chain

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Andy M. at YellowJersey" <amuzi@yellowjersey.org>, "C.R. List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>
Subject: [CR]ASC Indicator Chain
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:32:25 -0500


Cool !!

Thanks Andrew !!

I'm assuming these were ( of course ) only made in the AW style .

Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas USA


----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Muzi"
To: Raoul Delmare
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]ASC Indicator Chain



>
> For many years there was an exceptional Japanese indicator
> with truly inspired rivets, each stamped KK. Their chrome
> finish tended to the gold side, not bluish ( we're talking a
> whisp of a shade here not a gaudy actual gold, just the tint
> in the chrome)
>
> Anyway if you find some of those buy them. I don't know who
> actually made them because they were always sold as house
> brand by various parts houses, including WCC's famous MIJON
> label (Made In Japan Or Nearby)
>
>
> --
> Andrew Muzi
> http://www.yellowjersey.org
> Open every day since 1 April, 1971
>
>
> Raoul Delmare wrote:
>
> > I felt certain I must be crazy for thinking about doing a microscopic
> > chain-link repair , on one of those tiny Sturmey Archer indicator spindle
> > chains .
> >
> > I thought I was crazy for thinking about it , until a Sturmey Archer expert
> > ( living in England ) told me to simply take a brand new , common , AW -
> > style chain , and use it for spare links . . .
> >
> > Since I don't think I'm ever going to find a microscopic CYCLO
> > chain-rivet-tool . . .
> >
> > I'll just have to search for the right tools , and techniques . . .
> >
> > I've been trying to work up the nerve , for a while now .
> >
> > And isn't it a shame that the new chains are NOT as nice as the ones from
> > decades past ( and a different color too ! ) !!
> >
> > Best of luck all around !
> >
> > :^)
> > Raoul Delmare
> > Marysville Kansas U.S.A.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "cmontgomery" <cmontgomery15@cox.net>
> > To: "ClassicRendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 9:57 PM
> > Subject: [CR]ASC Indicator Chain
> >
> >
> > Well I have one for you Anglophile/Sturmey people out there. The indicator
> > chain on my ASC has popped one rivet on a plate, right where it comes out of
> > the wingnut of course. I sweat blood every time I click. Is this fixable or
> > am I SOL?
> >
> > Craig Montgomery in Tucson Arizona U.S.A.