05-01-2022, 11:41 AM
(04-01-2022, 11:41 PM)Parazine Wrote: Hedd, I agree with 6mm for a 3 speed, works well.
Interestingly, I built up a 3 speed clutch over the Xmas holidays, this one used original (not replacement) levers. They were originally made of soft steel and bend easily to set the correct clutch height, unlike the modern replacements, which are glass hard.
Has someone making the replacement levers got the wrong end of the stick here?
it's not just the material, its the fact that there is now a one size fits all... the original 3 speed pattern no longer exists so one has to bodge elsewhere to get back the slight travel lost. V. recent article by Dave Mann somewhere (PW mag?)
But, we can't have reasonably priced parts AND supply and manufacture as per 1929. Tony's explanation over manufacturing processes, versus what people will actually pay, is extremely interesting. I'm presuming that there are still enough decent old levers in club parts boxes for people not to be unduly concerning themselves?