An interesting piece. Heavy but very innovative. It must have been the first indexed gears of its type, Bravo and excellent pronunciation of the French by the way.
Looks like the indexing is in the derailleur, with the pawls interacting with that right angle plate that goes perpendicular from the pulley cage. If you try a totally friction shifter, I bet it'll still be indexed. Also, looks like that smaller spring may act as a two way clutch like the one in a Huret Ratchet shifter. Thanks for posting, happy holidays!
I'd love to see it work on a bike...interesting design!
Really interesting design from France !
An interesting piece. Heavy but very innovative. It must have been the first indexed gears of its type, Bravo and excellent pronunciation of the French by the way.
Looks like the indexing is in the derailleur, with the pawls interacting with that right angle plate that goes perpendicular from the pulley cage. If you try a totally friction shifter, I bet it'll still be indexed.
Also, looks like that smaller spring may act as a two way clutch like the one in a Huret Ratchet shifter.
Thanks for posting, happy holidays!
Now that's a rare piece. Nice job!
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Hopefully have some new videos. Just need to edit
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What a hunk of junk i love it