TehKernal
Look Ma, No Hands!
Huh, I didn’t notice that!
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66 Coppertone Collegiate
- Thread starter TehKernal
- Start date
new2olbikes
Finally riding a big boys bike
Very nice color, it's on the list now. Great job on the clean up too.
TehKernal
Look Ma, No Hands!
Thanks! If you don’t mind me asking, what list are you referring to?
juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Wonderful colour and condition.
Beautiful job; thanks so much for posting!
Seeing the top tube shift lever mount made me wonder if I could recall the first year for the Schwinn Approved Huret stem shifters. Am thinking it was ~1969, but the experts will know for sure...
You might wish to keep an eye out for the no-slide support for the Pletscher mount so it can't slip and mess up that wonderful paint.
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Wonderful colour and condition.
Beautiful job; thanks so much for posting!
Seeing the top tube shift lever mount made me wonder if I could recall the first year for the Schwinn Approved Huret stem shifters. Am thinking it was ~1969, but the experts will know for sure...
You might wish to keep an eye out for the no-slide support for the Pletscher mount so it can't slip and mess up that wonderful paint.
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Thanks very much @bikerbluz, spot on!
Here is the 1967 catalogue showing the derailleur geared lightweights fitted with them -
https://bikehistory.org/catalogs/1967.html
Interesting backgrounds, shot at Universal Studios in California.
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TehKernal
Look Ma, No Hands!
Thanks! I’m way ahead of ya, I put the no slide support on it already.-----
Wonderful colour and condition.
Beautiful job; thanks so much for posting!
Seeing the top tube shift lever mount made me wonder if I could recall the first year for the Schwinn Approved Huret stem shifters. Am thinking it was ~1969, but the experts will know for sure...
You might wish to keep an eye out for the no-slide support for the Pletscher mount so it can't slip and mess up that wonderful paint.
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Schwinn499
I live for the CABE
juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Minor mechanicing tip -
The drums on these older Huret shift levers are slightly smaller than everyone else's.
When you mix them with non-Huret mechs it can take somewhat more lever travel to effect a shift.
After you have had an opportunity to use the machine a bit shift it onto to small cog and take up any slack there may be in the cable.
Otherwise you may have to have the lever back parallel with the top tube to get the chain onto the large cog.
Huret went to a normal size drum beginning with the launch of the Jubile gear ensemble in 1973.
Ensembles such as Club, Challenger & Eco have the normal size drum.
Thanks again for sharing this mount!
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Minor mechanicing tip -
The drums on these older Huret shift levers are slightly smaller than everyone else's.
When you mix them with non-Huret mechs it can take somewhat more lever travel to effect a shift.
After you have had an opportunity to use the machine a bit shift it onto to small cog and take up any slack there may be in the cable.
Otherwise you may have to have the lever back parallel with the top tube to get the chain onto the large cog.
Huret went to a normal size drum beginning with the launch of the Jubile gear ensemble in 1973.
Ensembles such as Club, Challenger & Eco have the normal size drum.
Thanks again for sharing this mount!
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