Re: [CR]Simplex shifters

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To: john@os2.dhs.org, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex shifters
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:35:09 -0400
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John wrote:

<< Zeus also made a retrofriction lever (which does not appear to be a branded variety of the Simplex, but rather their own design)>>

Interesting! That's something I have never seen nor heard about! Anyone got a set of those and/or a picture?

Dale

Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA -----Original Message----- From: johndthompson@gmail.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 3:42 PM Subject: Re: re [CR]Simplex shifters

Harvey Sachs wrote:
> NOt having used the Simplex, I don't know if they're the best ever
> friction design, but I'd modestly suggest that they have competition. At
> least in bar-end configuration, Shimano made a similar design. When set
> up with low cable friction, the effect is almost eerie light action.
> Suntour made its ratcheting shifters, which are extremely nice, very
> robust, and still available (DT and bar-end, I believe) as Rivendell
> "Silver" units.

Zeus also made a retrofriction lever (which does not appear to be a branded variety of the Simplex, but rather their own design), and Huret made a ratcheting lever like the SunTour.

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