Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Simplex derailleurs have a sprung upper pivot, so the B-screw is superfluous.
Are these the plastic shifters? If so, they're not worth struggling with. Replace them with something more solid.
Perhaps a English-diameter (28.6mm) clamp on a French diameter (28.0mm) seat tube?
1. Still a pain to set up. I'm a boring Shimano type guy.
2. These are metal shifters. They go through the full throw to shift the rear sprockets. Cable pull just seems a little short.
3. Might be. The bike came with two left hand brake levers, so the mistake isn't inconceivable. Seem that's the amount by which it's too big.
This bike was bought from a guy who bought it at an estate sale 20 years ago. Original buyer got it for his wife to lose weight. Bike didn't get ridden. 2nd owner bought it for the same reason. Wife suggested he ride it. Bike hung for 20 years in the garage. I'm not mentioning that my wife rides it. The curse ends here. I boogied around the block on it. Other than the absurd BMX/apehanger aftermarket bars, this thing is a plush cruiser. Hard to keep up my rugged masculine image on a silver French Mixte.