Looks like a belt driven speedometer. Just like the old dental hand pieces.
René used to be a dentist
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Alex Zeibot wrote:
Jan,
Off topic but it piqued my interest, what is this thing situated on the
fender between the headlight and straddle cable in the second picture?
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Jan Heine
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More like this
http://www.bikequarterly.com/images/faure.jpg
And if you are concerned about the shifters, you also should be concerned
about the stem right in front of them...
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On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:01:53 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 18:57 -0700, Jan Heine wrote:
I wonder why few bikes in recent years have put the shifters on the top
tube. That was common in the 1930s, when most cyclotourists rode in a more
upright position. Top tube-mounted shifters would be as accessible as
stem-mounted ones, but you'd eliminate the cable housing (the shifters no
longer have to turn with the fork) and thus get a lighter, more positive
system. With modern top-pull derailleurs, the cable routing would be easy -
cyclocross style along the top tube and down the seat tube (front
derailleur) and seatstay (rear derailleur).
Like this, you mean? Very popular back in the 70s, I believe. But at
least in urban legend, it had a small emasulation problem...
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