Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
When I bought my 1975 or 1976 Gran Sport, I bought it NEW at a shop. The shop was offering a deal: they replaced the entire Simplex set of shifters and derailleurs with Huret Jubilé equipment. The charge was $0. (Not only that, the list price was $300, and I got it for $225.) I didn't care about factory spec then, because I knew the Huret stuff was better than the Simplex stuff. So why should anyone else care? Just because it's old?