I don't consider myself to be an expert on this subject, but I believe that bridge was made by ESGE, and used by Puch. However, I don't remember if anyone else used it or not. I'll pay closer attention next time I'm at the junk yard.
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:33:34 -0500 "Russ Fitzgerald"
<rfitzger@emeraldis.com> writes:
> Okay, it's not a classic, but it certainly is vintage - was it
> Steyr-Puch
> that built the lugged frames with the flat Pletscher brake bridge?
> Has a
> hole for the brake center bolt, then two holes higher up to mate to
> the
> Pletscher rack - and says Pletscher, for that matter.
>
> I currently have a Sears 5-speed, lugged frame, with such a brake
> bridge;
> chrome cap over the fork crown; in general reminds me much of the
> J.C.
> Higgins/Steyr bikes. The tie-in for me - my first bike was marked
> "Brownie," a generic bike-boom 10-speed very similar to a Peugeot
> A0-8, but
> with an interesting mix of parts including steel three-piece hubs.
> The
> Brownie had an identical brake bridge, and I've only seen it on
> Sears/Steyr-Puchs and that one long-gone bike.
>
> Did anyone else use that bridge? We may be on the trail of
> answering a
> question I've had since 1973 - who really built my first 10-speed?
>
> Curious,
> Russ Fitzgerald
> Greenwood SC
> rfitzger@emeraldis.com
>
>
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