You're welcome, and I just noticed that the hi-limit screw on that rer derailer, along with the plastic boss it screws into, both parted company with the bike today.]
oh the endless delights of delrin!
[I didn't notice it, because I keep the cable snugly tensioned, and it causes no problem. Probably lost another gram!
40-year-old derailers, still in the game after many thousands of miles. The front mech has little stress cracks in the clamp, but still gripping.]
you could always replace the clamp piece with one of the nice polished chrome ones.
[I am developing an ever-more-delicate touch with the shift levers, which the smooth cabling sort of encourages. I never notice even a hint of flex in the solid-white-plastic shift levers.]
white shift levers with black derailleurs? i thought somewhere around 1963-64 was the end of white delrin. learn somethn' new ever' year or two...
[The bike itself still gets ridden hard.