verktyg wrote:
> The "honeycomb" dropouts were made by Huret and many if not all of them
> had stops for use with both Campy style and Huret derailleurs.
[...]
> Gitane used the Huret honeycomb dropouts on most of their mid range to
> top of the line models in Europe between 1974 and 1976.
>
> The dropouts appear to be made of cast steel and have some odd features
> that I've never figured out what function if any they served.
When I was at Trek I found some wax forms for these dropouts (in a dusty, neglected box) that indicate they were investment cast. Curiously, they had the TREK name on them rather than Huret, but I'm not aware that were ever actually made or used beyond creating the waxes.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA