Simplex

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary · letter S
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Defunct French component manufacturer, one of the earliest makers of derailers. They are best known in the U.S. for the cheap plastic derailers supplied on millions of Bike Boom ten speeds.

Simplex also made a "Rétrofriction " down-tube shift lever that is considered by many to be the finest pre-index shift lever ever.

See also my page on French bicycles.

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