| Re: Old Bike On Ebay With Seatstay Shiftlevers?
5 Nov 2003 11:34:19 -0800,
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bicycle@charter.net (R.White) wrote:
>I noticed this bike on Ebay and it looks like it has the shift levers
>are mounted on the seatstay. Has anyone seen this set-up before? Would
>this be operated with the feet or by hand?
Hand operated.
http://www.rydjor.com/bikecollection/1948bottech.htm
"Two levers run up the right side seat stay. One is to loosen the
wheel in the dropout and the other to do the shifting. The dropout is
notched to mesh with the axle which also has nothches on each end. The
wheel will move forward or back to accomodate the shift from one rear
cog to the next. Very tricky move to perform, especially in race
conditions. "
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