Thread: Simplex Derailleurs - Plastic?
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Old 10-20-11 | 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by fritz1255
Looking at a Peugeot UO-8 on EBay, it is equipped with Simplex derailleurs, both of which appear to have plastic components where strength is required. Am I seeing this right? (the bike is supposed to be about 1975 vintage) Are the derailleurs original? How likely are 30-year old plastic components to break?
It's okay, it is Classic and Vintage plastic.
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