Re: [CR]Looking for for a few bits to complete ultimate French road bike.

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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 09:24:36 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Looking for for a few bits to complete ultimate French road bike.
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Leonard Bulger wrote:
> My 1957 Cerrina will soon be a bike again, but I need a couple of parts
> to finish the job.
>
> Does anyone have a source of very thin cable to use for the cage tension
> on a Simplex Juy 543? I tried using some modern thin cable for index
> shifters, but that's too big in diameter to pass through the pinch
> bolt.

I have a number of old French "Ejac" cables that may be thin enough. If you know the diameter you need I can measure them when I get home.

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