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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer
Yeah, those are the Simplex dropouts that supposedly had cracking issues. But I'm not clear on the details. Seems like it would have to be in the brazing to the stays, not the dropout itself. I see no problems with mine. The frame came with some rare bonus swag ... a Stronglight Competition alloy BB, a Stronglight A9 alloy headset, and a Mavic stem  Might be able to sell all of those for close to what I paid for the frame!
Fignon at the 1984 Giro d'Italia:
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When I raced for the PAA for those few years, I have not heard of any issues with those frames. Those guys beat the heck out of them because they didn't have to pay for them, and it was to be returned to the club at the end of the year. Hell, I crash them into the back of the cars too if I had one. Wait, I did, only through the back passenger window and it was my frame that was destroyed. Those exchanged hands for three full racing seasons and had no issues that I know of.