[CR]Re Cr All mixte-d up-

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From: "Peter Weigle" <jpweigle@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:26:25 -0400
reply-type=original
Subject: [CR]Re Cr All mixte-d up-

Steve, The "option" on the Herse allows you to "overshift" the chain onto that thin metal circular strip and remove the wheel, witout ever touching the chain. Campagnolo's porta canteena (I probably spelled it wrong) was a similar mechanism. The shift levers that were used with these systems had an extra position that would shift past the freewheel. The levers usually had a lockout feature so you wouldn't do this inadvertently.

Peter Weigle Lyme Ct.

Interesting frame, can anyone explain the right rear dropout? It looks like it's got a fairly heavy washer brazed around the axle slot, as well as a thin strip of metal surrounding the slot and back of the dropout http://www.reneherse.com/images/DSC_001613.JPG I don't think it has anything to do with the rack, and I don't recall seeing something like it before

Steve Birmingham
Lowell, Ma
USA