[CR] Clamp-on shift lever bosses (or, Zut Alors!)

Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:24:52 -0400
From: "Louis Schulman" <louiss@gate.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: [CR] Clamp-on shift lever bosses (or, Zut Alors!)

Recently, there was a discussion about different threading on shifter bosses. My problem is that I have a set of Sachs-Huret levers for standard braze-ons, so they won't go on my Huret clamp-on bosses, which have the different French threads. Zut alors! C'est ironique, n'est-ce pas? I do not want to switch out the special fixing screws.

Here is the question. Is there a clamp with bosses, where the bosses are the same as braze-on bosses? That is, the bosses have the standard square bases and round shafts with normal threads? I have several clamp-on shifters, but the clamps are all unique to the shifters.

If there is such a thing, does anyone have one they would like to part with?

Thanks,

Louis Schulman
Tampa, Florida USA