Are these RetroFrictions?
 

Just wondering if the below shifters are re-branded RetroFrictions? They sure look like it to me...

http://i.ebayimg.com/17/!BQ,L2U!Bmk~...vSJysQ~~_1.JPG

Yes and sweet ones that I haven't seen before!

They may be dangerous, you should send them to me.

I knew it!

Thank you ebay saved searches!

I've not seen that particular model before, but Simplex did make shifters for Gipiemme, and the lever shape does match that of the Simplex retrofriction lever.

are those the plastic ones?

Velo Orange used to sell those.

so: ARE they plastic, or matte black alloy?

I won't know 'til they show up. Hopefully they are metal. I've never heard of plastic RetroFrictions...

They're plastic. They call it resin, but that's the same thing as far as I'm concerned.

Hmm...Well they were cheap enough. Hopefully they don't suck.

well didnt you have a weight weenie build going on? I seem to remember something about you expected it to ride like a wet noodle...
anyway, maybe these would work on that bike :)

:lol:

Well...I've got 2 sets of the Modolo resin shifters which are probably lighter. It's my understanding that the Simplex shifters on a clamp won't mount on standard DT shifter bosses either...

Your post reminds me...I need to do an update on my weight weenie! I almost have all the parts now!:thumb:

I used to have some Modolo resin shifters. They sucked. I could never tighten them enough to hold a gear... kept on downshifting. They went into the trash.

I have a banded pair that look nearly identical - except they have the simplex logos instead. I couldn't get them on the DT shifter mounts on several bikes, but now I have them on a nice Vent Noir.

I've had to remove the paint from a few bosses, but I have mounted the metal version of these on a couple of bikes...

Pics of your A-D? Pretty please!

Retrofrictions don't do that. They have an internal clutch that keeps them from slipping. That's why we like them.

I never found anything that the early banded Simplex Retrofrictions would fit besides their own band. I wanted to put one on the single boss on my Peugeot, but there was just no way.

the early ones have a sunburst or a star or something on the top of the lever...the newer ones have a cutout loop. I'm addressing the newer ones. I still have the band I took 'em from somewhere and it was a conventional boss size. Never had a pair of the older ones.

I never saw those either. when I sold bikes we called that 'plastic' stuff "high impact nylon resin" *giggle* they are quite cool shifters.