Old 1/8” gear mech

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KM2
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Old 1/8” gear mech

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Is there a rear gear mechanism which slides on a bar under the chainstay for a 3 cog 1/8” freewheel? Twin wire.
I guess 1940/50’s.
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Doing a Google image search shows lots of possibilities.
https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+d ... 0&bih=1024 :wink:
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Don't know about twin wire, but it sounds like an Osgear Super Champion. No jockey wheels etc, something like a movable tuning fork?
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quite a few older mechs here

http://www.disraeligears.co.uk

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Post by amediasatex »

Your description sounds a bit like a (French) Cyclo derailleur with desmodromic actuation.

Or possibly a very old Simpkex, depends what you mean exactly by ‘bar under chainstay’ And whether you’re talking about the mount or the mechanism.
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The twin wire moved a vee shaped system which pushed the jockey wheels along a bar, so the jockey wheel moved the chain across the sprockets.
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Bit like the French Cyclo, from the pictures, but not. External tension spring
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KM2 wrote:Is there a rear gear mechanism which slides on a bar under the chainstay for a 3 cog 1/8” freewheel? Twin wire.
I guess 1940/50’s.


There is all you might want to know about old derailleurs and their development in this book, which is also available as a pdf.

http://www.cyclepublishing.com/cyclingbooks/dc.html

https://all-med.net/pdf/the-dancing-chain/
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Post by Brucey »

the cyclo 'standard' derailleur (from 1932 onwards) used twin cable actuation

http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Cyclo_Standard_derailleur.html

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Post by amediasatex »

KM2 wrote:Bit like the French Cyclo, from the pictures, but not. External tension spring


Image

They do have external tension spring, you can see it above the actuation cable, running along under the chain stay and attached to the top of the cage.

Can you describe how then one you’re thinking of is different? Might help us pinpoint for you...
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Post by NetworkMan »

They do have external tension spring, you can see it above the actuation cable, running along under the chain stay and attached to the top of the cage.

The Cyclo standard, in my old Pitman's Cycling Handbook, looks roughly similar but the Bowden cables both rise vertically up from the mechanism to be clamped to the seatstay. The book (first edition 1950, mine is third, 1960) says it's still in manufacture . Pulling on the cable rotates a pulley that then screws along a fixed shaft taking the rest of the gubbins with it.

Edit. Loads more in the book but apparently only Cyclo standard has twin wire actuation.
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cyclo standard (from Birmingham)

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9494arnold
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Post by 9494arnold »

Trivelox ?

Afraid I don't have the technology to post images.
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the above is a 'bellcank' model, i.e. high normal. There were also 'pullchain' (low normal) models. Perhaps the most (in) famous trivelox gear was the sort that had a fixed position tensioner, and shuffled the sprockets from side to side to change gear. I don't remember seeing a twin-cable version though.

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Post by NetworkMan »

Brucey wrote:cyclo standard (from Birmingham)

Image

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Yup, that's the one in my book. In that picture the tension pulley is about 120 degrees round from where it would be in operation.
Seen any more with twin cables?
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