Downtube mounted gear chager question.

wrote:
(or scout for
an ultra-6).





There's one on ebay.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Old-Stock-Su...QQcmdZViewItem



http://tinyurl.com/2kqx9a



$60 though



Tom

On 14 Jan, 10:48, "Tom" wrote:
wrote:
(or scout for
an ultra-6).

*There's one on ebay.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Old-Stock-Su...ra-6-Speed-Fre...

http://tinyurl.com/2kqx9a

* *$60 though

...indeed. However the Winner Pro was arguably the best
freewheel ever made, and we will never see its like again.

This should be on your list of reasons to hate Shimano :-)

Cheers,
W.

In article cb166d1c-2bfd-47b6-820e-836905a37f55
@f47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com,
says...

...indeed. However the Winner Pro was arguably the best
freewheel ever made, and we will never see its like again.

They were excellent freewheels - hard-wearing sprockets, easy shifting,
smooth reliable mechanism, and serviceable too.

wrote in message
...
On 13 Jan, 22:57, "vernon" wrote:
... I'm now wondering if
there were threaded tubes on the pads that have been filed down because in
the harsh LED light of my head torch, I could see the hint of an annulus
around each of the holes.

That sounds likely to me. I would be tempted to mount a band-on lever
set above them, using the stubs as stops.

Now there's also the matter of the internal cable guides which then might
not be positioned to suit the new position of the shifters. I'm seriously
contemplating new braze ons along with a respray.

What is the OLN dimension of a five speed freewheel hub? Are they still
available?

120mm. Yes, they are still available new, though the quality isn't as
good as the best freewheels of old. You can probably cold-set to a
wider spacing and use a six or seven speed, if you want (or scout for
an ultra-6).

Cold setting is something that I'll consider. I'm going to have to put a
bit of thought in before moving on with this project.

I could of course persevere with it as a fixie.......oh decisions
decisions.....

Thanks

Vernon





eers,
W.

Pics of the Simplex levers:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...e/IMGP2063.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...e/IMGP2061.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...e/IMGP2060.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...e/IMGP2067.jpg

The white stuff is the remains of epoxy putty that I tried for shimming
(experiment).

~PB
p at biggs dot tc

In article , vernon
says...

I could of course persevere with it as a fixie

Or just stick a single-speed freewheel on it.

On 14 Jan, 18:08, "vernon" wrote:

I could of course persevere with it as a fixie.......oh decisions
decisions.....

If you've only had "a couple of attempts" at riding it, then it might
well be worth persevering for a bit. Riding a fixie is quite different
from a broken bike and giving youself a bit of time to adapt could
well be worthwhile. In the longer term, of course, if riding it isn't
fun then there's little point: some say it can improve your fitness
and technique but you'd have to be pretty committed to some sort of
training plan to see it through.
Personally, I like the simplicity of the bike and it seems to enhance
the simple pleasure of spinning along the road with the wheels humming
and the wind in your face.

Cheers,
W.