Re: [CR]Shimano Forged Dropout Intro Timeline?

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:06:47 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: john@os2.dhs.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Shimano Forged Dropout Intro Timeline?
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They existed in at least 1978. My dad bought a French market Gitane throug h my uncle, a model called Vuelta. It was full Shimano 600EX (the so called arabesque group) and had/has Shimano dropouts. My brother still have the bike, fully Frenchified now.

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ

On 1/26/06, John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote:
>
> scott davis wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to date a frame w/ Shimano forged drops. Anyone know when
> > Shimano introduced forged long dropouts w/ derl. hanger? They look
> > similar to Campy only beefier. Were they seen before Dura Ace in the
> > 70s? Scott Davis St. Paul, MN USA
>
> These ones? http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/dropouts/shimano-sf.jpeg
>
> I don't know when they first came out, but they were certainly available
> by 1981 -- I must have brazed hundreds of them at Trek back then.
>
> --
> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA