Re: [CR]Huret Svelto derailleur cable different end? Svelto decent?

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Huret Svelto derailleur cable different end? Svelto decent?
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <001001c6952f$869f34a0$57419942@D1S2F761>


Howard,
      There already were a couple of replies giving you the details. If you can't easily find such a cable, contact Mel Pinto Imports in Falls Church, Virginia. They should have them, most likely manufactured by the French company EJAC (if I remember the name correctly.)
      Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- Howard Darr wrote:


>
>
> Find an old schwinn shop and they may have some in a package
> with white
> casing dust behind the other cables
>
> Howards Darr
> Clymer PA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dan kasha" <dankasha@yahoo.com>
> To: "CR" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:41 AM
> Subject: [CR]Huret Svelto derailleur cable different end?
> Svelto decent?
>
>
> >I am doing the final touches on an old Peugeot City Bike
> that I have (PX45
> >I think). It is 5 speed, with a Huret Svelto derailleur and
> shift lever.
> >
> > A standard derailleur cable does not fit in the lever.
> The cable is
> > expecting a pill shaped end with the axis of the pill
> perpendicular to the
> > cable. I have never seen such a derailleur cable. Is this
> a standard or
> > readily available item? Or do I file down what I have to
> fit?
> >
> > Also, was the Huret Svelto considered a decent derailleur?
> It was fun to
> > clean and rebuild, as it is so different from anything else
> I have worked
> > on. I was not expecting BB in the jockey wheels. It seems
> like it could
> > have been a nice unit back in its day.
> >
> > Since 650b's seem back in style, I consider this bike to
> be on-topic. I
> > hope that y'all don't mind the questions.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Dan Kasha
> > Seattle, Wa.
> >
> >
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