Re: [Classicrendezvous] Modolo Kronos brakes

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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 22:50:20 -0700
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Modolo Kronos brakes
From: "Dave Feldman" <feldmanbike@home.com>
To: Monkeyman <monkey37@bluemarble.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Brandon, Just my own call, Modolo Kronos are weak-stopping, nasty to set up and adjust, worth about half of a cheap Dia-Comp centerpull set with extension levers. David Feldman ----------
>From: Monkeyman <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Modolo Kronos brakes
>Date: Sun, Oct 22, 2000, 7:40 PM
>
>I'm not so much a classic retro rider as I am a retro techno wennie and
>I've go a question for the others out there like me. Knocking around in an
>old Mafac Racer box is a much newer Modolo Kronos "brakeset". We all know
>these things as the smaller, lighter, weaker predecessor to the Campy Delta
>speed modulators. Anyway, I'm thinking of selling them and was wondering
>if anyone had any ideas of their value. I've seen the levers alone go for
>$60 and have never seen a full set for sale since the 80's. My box
>contains: 2 pairs of levers one lever cracked and repaired with super glue;
>a pair of the brakes with half worn pads, but the rubber covers complete
>and intact; a pair of NIB lever hoods and 8 NOS brake pads; plus the actual
>instruction book/owners manual which lists my brakes as #4069 and #4070.
>Any info on the brakes and their value would be nice.
>
>thanks,
>monkeyman
>
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