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bonneyman:
Someone mentioned Huret parts, and that's the first mention of that name for me in years. So I thought I'd post some links to sites I have found for the various defunk bike components makers, so any fans can see a little history.

I've snagged a couple of front and rear Huret deraillers over the years. Never knew when I was going to use them. Then they disappeared, and my little stash became more important. A recent visit to the used bike swap meet turned up NO old Huret stuff! So, my old obsolete parts are valuable.

Sachs-Huret

http://lecycleur.com/parts/history-of-sachs-new-success/

oldnslo:
Neither Sachs nor Huret was ever on my rides over the years. I can see the Athena rebranding, which I have that groupo on my of my road bikes. 

Thanks for sharing.

bonneyman:

--- Quote from: oldnslo on October 12, 2018, 11:42:23 PM ---Neither Sachs nor Huret was ever on my rides over the years. I can see the Athena rebranding, which I have that groupo on my of my road bikes. 

Thanks for sharing.

--- End quote ---

Athena was added some years after I got out of cycling hard. If money were no object I would have had the original Chorus gruppo. But money was tight in those years and I had what I had.

bmwrd0:
A lot of the French stuff, like Huret and Simplex, work best on French bikes and should be avoided on non French bikes. Sheldon Brown's website has a good breakdown of various tube sizes used in each country, and most countries used the standard English measurements (even in Metric countries) but France and its bicycle companies used true metric sizing in tubes and the components for each part. For instance, the standard handlebar size is 7/8" but French bars are 22mm, close but not close enough. (If you have owned a BMW motorcycle, you have encountered that bit of fun.)



https://www.sheldonbrown.com/velos.html

There is a good, albeit expensive book on Deraileurs called The Dancing Chain that can be found on Amazon. Also a good website on Deraileurs is http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Home.html

J.A.F.E.:
Did someone say Disraeli Gears?

Cream 1967 (for the uninitiated drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce).

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