I've got one at home. Headed for eBay shortly. Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York
>From: "Ken Freeman" <freesound@comcast.net>
>To: "'Jay Sexton'" <jvs@sonic.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: RE: [CR]Balilla brakes
>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:12:17 -0500
>
>I don't think I've ever seen them.
>
>Ken Freeman
>Ann Arbor, MI USA
>
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>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Jay Sexton
>Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:49 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Balilla brakes
>
>Interesting. My early 60's Frejus TdF has Balilla sidepulls. The center
>pull calipers seem to be plentiful but I have not seen too many sidepull
>calipers. What say you "oldtimers"? Are the sidepull calipers rare?
>
>Jay Sexton
>Sebastopol, CA
>
>
>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:50:30 -0500
>From: "Ken Freeman" <freesound@comcast.net>
>To: "'Richard Robinson'" <vintagespoke@earthlink.net>,
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>Subject: RE: [CR]Balilla brakes
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>I know these were sold in the US on Fiorelli bikes in the late '60s, say
>1968 thru 1971. Robert's Cycles in Chicago sold those bikes back then.
>The
>store staff thought they were better than the Mafac's on PX-10s and the
>classic Weinmann's. Campy Record sidepulls were not in the local market
>back then, at least the stores I haunted.
>
>Ken Freeman
>Ann Arbor, MI USA
>
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>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Richard
>Robinson
>Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:48 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Balilla brakes
>
>I have a question for all those vintage Italian lovers out there. I bought
>a nice set of vintage Balilla center pull brakes on ebay several months ag
>o
>and know only a little about the brand. I know they were offered on top
>tier Frejus bikes of the late 50's and early 60's, but this is about it.
>The brakes look very similar to Universal mod. 61 brakes, bu t are
>engraved
>with 'Balilla' in script on the front calip er arm and engraved 'Made in
>Italy' in block letters on the rear arm. They come with a set of very
>interesting levers with a unique q uick release, and have cool red anodized
>washers on the calipers like Weinm ann CP brakes only marked 'Balilla'.
>Can
>anyone tell me th e years they were offered and on what bikes these brakes
>may have been orig inal. Thanks in advance!
>
>Regards, Rich Robinson
>On the road in V.Beach Va.