r cielec wrote:
> I am sort of, kind of, getting prepared to start hunting for a pair of Simplex Retro-friction braze-on levers and have recently learned of two styles.
> One style lever has a hole in it such that the lever looks like a loop.
> Another style has a solid lever with Simplex logos-type.
>
> What is the difference between the two styles ?
> Only the hole?
> Early or late model?
> Equal performance ?
> Anything ?
Functionally, they are identical. The lever with the Simplex star logo is the earlier model; the teardrop loop model is later and more common. Both are great shifters -- the best friction shifters made as far as I'm concerned.
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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA