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Subject: RE: 1st Ride!

Author: Greg Bender

Date: Mar 9, 2005, 4:34 PM

Post ID: 1718519053


Come to think of it, Charlie, I don't think it's quite so rare as I
thought. The Eldos came both ways (my Dad has one that is 1 down and 4
up). I'm not certain about relative numbers, though.

Charlie Mullendore wrote:
 
Hi Greg,
I've ridden a few Eldos (haven't owned one yet) and they all shifted the

same as my '69 Ambo, just with one more gear and on the opposite side.
Assuming the heel-and-toe shifter, it's heel for 1st, toe for 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 5th. Sure you're not thinking of the Quota or the Ambo equipped
with the S.O.B.?

Greg Bender wrote:
 
Hi Bruce,

If you have a 5 speed transmission and the linkage is hooked up
properly, then it sounds like you have a race-type selector drum
installed in the transmission. With this set up, you would have the
pattern you describe - this is a pretty rare set-up (to my knowledge)
and would be quite desireable by some.

Bruce Giller wrote:
 
My Eldo has just the opposite shift pattern using the heel-toe shifter.


To
upshift, press the toe end down; to downshift, press the heel down.

Does this mean I've got some non-standard parts on the bike?

Bruce

'72 Eldo

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Bender [mailto:gr-@thisoldtractor.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:23 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: 1st Ride!


The standard shift pattern since the mid 70's has been 1 down and the
rest up. When you have a heel-toe shifter, this means that you press the



toe end down to down-shift and press the heel end down to up-shift. It
does take some getting used to.



Regards,

Greg Bender
1971 Ambassador
2000 Quota
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender



Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/



Regards,

Greg Bender
1971 Ambassador
2000 Quota
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender

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