After I wrote that I remembered that the first time I did this, I used a block of black walnut wood, with matching notches cut on eack end to allow it to fit between the seat-stays, and an aluminum plate on the other side.
"Bicycle Mark" Perkins
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:27:12 +0000 Steven M Johnson <grisha2@juno.com>
writes:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:06:32 -0800 "Mark A. Perkins"
> <bicyclemark@juno.com> writes:
> > All you
> > need is two, about 4" lengths of 1/4" thick by 3/4" wide aluminum
> > bar
> > stock, a drill press and a bit, and probably a front brake for the
>
> > long bolt.
>
> This is the solution to getting a brake on a track bike that a local
> ex-trackie also picked up in Japan. He was sold the metal plates by
> a
> local rider he met on the road.
>
>
> Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
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