[CR] Porta Categna Question

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Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 21:36:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Porta Categna Question


Ahoy ! Well, I hope I spelled correctly. First-off: I am open and inviting of all corrections and enlightenment.

I understand the porta categna was the "extra gear"; that is: one merely shifted as if onto an additional cog. Where the pc's intended to be used with 5 or 6 spd fw's?

Also, my understanding is that the shift lever used with the porta categna was a special lever having more travel. Is this correct? Do they look any different from the "non-pc" lever? Does anybody have one, actually seen one, use one?

I have the half-moon for the rear drop out but, "ain't" never seen the lever.

Thanks.

Richard Cielec
Chicago, Illinois; U.S.A.