Re: [CR]Centerpull brakes

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:29:21 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Centerpull brakes
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/9/2002 1:25:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, bikevint@tiac.net writes:


> But - if you use those
> no-name Mafac look alike pads that melt under heat, then you will certainly
> perish.

I must have a different no-name brand since they seem to be holding up as well as any other low end pad would. Of course I haven't gone down the Rockies with them either. Mine are on my fixer to keep my legs from hitting the rev limiiter and my knees from knockn' on down hill runs. Did Weinmann ever use bronze bushings like old Mafacs? Would it be worth the trouble to try making some?

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA