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I took my A.S.Gillott out around Maidstone today, (see earlier in this thread). The picture shows the bike leaning up against Sutton Valence castle.
it's far from finished but I was testing out the Simplex gearing. I picked up the Simplex cranks and chairing from EBay.France and had the pedal threads re-tapped to fit English pedals. The French cotters are 9mm to the English 9.5mm but it fitted perfectly on my NOS Chater Lea BB., which incidentally at 125mm in length was just about long enough for a double chainring.
The front derrailleur (Simplex Competition) is great fun to use and works effiently enough. The rear derrailleur (Simplex Tour de France) is only working on the largest 3 cogs for the moment.
You probably know this but It's confusing as its sprung in the opposite direction to a contemporary derrailleur, so as you pull the gear lever towards you it pulls the derrailleur down to the smaller cogs.
I am now on the look out for a set of Airlite hubs or similar, I have a set of Asp tub rims and a 4 speed Resilion cassette waiting in the wings.