tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424430427338131710.post8397312463399213847..comments2024-03-27T06:51:30.151-04:00Comments on Bicycle Specialties: Simplex Tour de France.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424430427338131710.post-65450038620303171522017-02-06T10:24:42.439-05:002017-02-06T10:24:42.439-05:00Hello! Fantastic article!!
Can anyone advise me ...Hello! Fantastic article!! <br />Can anyone advise me on how I might purchase a 5-speed Simplex TDF?<br />Thank-you!<br /><br />-- BlackRockJohnny (not my real name)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838061604227351378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424430427338131710.post-54259600414177261682010-11-02T03:06:05.394-04:002010-11-02T03:06:05.394-04:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldespertardelsherois...http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldespertardelsheroisdelfang/5102792342/in/set-72157625031676197/Lluis Ciclistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357493351244621509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424430427338131710.post-10324473600539448112010-10-28T15:24:14.645-04:002010-10-28T15:24:14.645-04:00Excellent topic. I was plonking around the interwe...Excellent topic. I was plonking around the interwebs, and thought I weuld see what's going on at Mariposa. I didn't know you had retired. I hope you're enjoying it, and I hope you continue this series.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228751291651549631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424430427338131710.post-13137087100229645692010-10-08T01:11:55.085-04:002010-10-08T01:11:55.085-04:00No function to edit that I'm aware of, so I mu...No function to edit that I'm aware of, so I must correct my previous post.<br /><br />It was a Raleigh "Blue Streak" not "Rocket". <br /><br />The Blue Streak was the UK's first military missile, designed to delivered a nuclear payload. Ironically, it was cancelled in 1960, the year Raleigh brought out their namesake machine.<br /><br />Pictures of both Mike's Lenton and the Blue Streak are here:<br />http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/Raleigh/Raleigh_home.htmfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10979238814498305124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424430427338131710.post-77393638096505687802010-10-02T12:24:25.520-04:002010-10-02T12:24:25.520-04:00Absolutely fascinating stuff. My first entry into ...Absolutely fascinating stuff. My first entry into dérailleurs was on a Raleigh Rocket, with Simplex dérailleurs. They remain oddly unique in design, albeit others must have used the chain link too from that era, Sturmey Archer obviously using it successfully for generations with their internal hub.<br /><br />I'd almost forgotten all about that model. Many thanks Mike for jogging the memory.<br /><br />Any more on dérailleurs much appreciated by me. Hurets and Mavics also of much interest, as well as the obvious Italian ones.<br /><br />It has been noted by more than a few non-cyclomanics as to how much engineering you get in a rear-dérailleurfor a very modest price. Of course, the Japanese really promoted that aspect, but still, in the last few decades, some amazingly good European ones also available for very little cost.<br /><br />The function a good dérailleur performs comes close to being exquisite, both in geometry and actual performance.<br /><br />A topic that fascinates me also.fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10979238814498305124noreply@blogger.com