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110. Bicycle drive train components

Fri May 13, 2016, 08:56 AM

May 2016

Of course they could be made here, but when was the last time you saw a bicycle with American-sourced drive train components? We seem to have given up that market 50 years ago, maybe longer.

I'm uh, getting up there in years. The "English racers" of the 60s had Sturmey-Archer three-speed transmissions (so to speak) in the rear hub. I saw an updated version of that just last week. I can't remember the brand name, but it was an internal mechanism. Someone let me know what it was I saw.

Schwinn Paramounts of the early 70s were built in the US, but they came with all-Campagnolo components, save for the brakes. French bicycles had French components.

Today, if you don't get Shimano or Campagnolo, then I don't know what you get. Sachs-Huret?

Someone please clue me in. Thanks.

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