Originally Posted by
big chainring
Whatever you do don't put Japanese parts on this bike. It's stayed french all these years, keep it that way. Those derailleurs might just last another 40 years, who knows?
Originally Posted by
big chainring
On one of my bikes with Simplex derailleurs I have Campagnolo shifters. Another one has Simplex metal shifters, maybe the competition model. And yet another that has the Simplex levers that you have on your bike. Who knows maybe yours will last for quite sometime. Personally I have snapped about 1/2 dozen Simplex plastic lever sets. Usually the left lever for the frt derailleur is the one that goes.
BC,
Not to be politically correct or anything, but why is it ok to mix Italian components with French components or bike, but not Japanese components? After all, there have been many 1980's Peugeots with Japanese components.