iandusud wrote:Not sure what you mean by washing line syndrome
Kelly Takeoffs. Just a quick Google brings this image up.
iandusud wrote:Not sure what you mean by washing line syndrome
Brucey wrote:De Sisti wrote:Mick F wrote:
Campag don't make them any more? What speed were they last made for (10s/9s)?
Dunno, 8s?
amediasatex wrote: For pure friction shifting though I'm a Simplex retrofriction lover and don't really like any other friction shifters, especially Campag as I find they're forever slipping so normally get promptly replaced with the Simplex shifters.
Des49 wrote:Are there any Simplex shifters available still? I would love some. Used to race with a set in the 80s, but the spring broke after a couple of seasons and I moved onto Dura-Ace indexed in any case, which 31 years later are still working.
amediasatex wrote:They pop up from time to time 2nd hand and very occasionally as ‘new old stock’. I’ve got a few old sets and all still working fine some 30 years on.
drossall wrote:Des49 wrote:Are there any Simplex shifters available still? I would love some. Used to race with a set in the 80s, but the spring broke after a couple of seasons and I moved onto Dura-Ace indexed in any case, which 31 years later are still working.
The levers, as opposed to the derailleurs? I started with Simplex. Used to have a pair of levers. Don't know if it's still in a box somewhere. It would be rusty, if so.
pwa wrote:amediasatex wrote:They pop up from time to time 2nd hand and very occasionally as ‘new old stock’. I’ve got a few old sets and all still working fine some 30 years on.
How do you treat them to keep them working well? Any lube? How do you stop the innards corroding?
Des49 wrote:Just the levers please. I did look on eBay and there do seem to be some that come up, from very distressed looking to good, the latter for £75!
It does seem amediasatex's are working well for a long time, but mine certainly only lasted a couple of years before the right lever spring broke. It would always be a worry that an old second hand lever wouldn't last. There isn't much that can go wrong with the exception of the springs.
drossall wrote:I'm a bit confused about talk of lever springs. I only remember friction-only levers.
slowster wrote:There are a couple of explanations of how the spring functions in a Simplex Retrofriction lever at the bottom of this article - http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/simplex-retrofriction-components.html.