Re: [CR]Maillard rear gear set.

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:55:34 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Maillard rear gear set.
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ronald manseau wrote:
> Taking off the freewheel ask for special tool that I don't have actually and
> I am not after replacing it now. The bike was owned at the time by an
> italian competitor and I remember it was everything campagnolo altough I
> can't remember having checked the freewheel at that time ..this goes back to
> 1967 or 68 when I've acquired the bike.

Campagnolo didn't market a freewheel until about 1980; I think Regina was the common one on Italian bikes of that era, although Maillard doesn't sound unreasonable either.
> My freewheel differs from the one
> that is illustrated at Harris as it has a "lubricant reservoir" under the
> form of a kind of tampon squeezed between the splined ring and the gear
> itself .

Interesting. I've not heard of that before.
> BTW I am located about 10 miles east of gaspé itself..around 30 miles from
> percé.

Sounds nice. We've often considered taking a vacation in the Gaspé area...

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA