[CR]right lever/front brake - have your cake and eat it too

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:17:31 -0400
From: "ben kamen" <ko_te_jebe@mac.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020830051201.6238.52404.Mailman@phred.org>
Subject: [CR]right lever/front brake - have your cake and eat it too

hello all,

just thought if there were any out there that would think of switching the front brake to be operated with the right lever if they could still maintain a nice smooth classic crossed arc with the cable for aesthetic purposes then this may be your trick:-

http://ebay.com/<blah>

they made them this way 'coz ...???

perhaps for motorcyclists who do the odd spot of cyclecross racing in the UK, are left handed/right brained but want to avoid locking a front wheel by using their limp right hand, have a penchance for playing tricks on those domineering race mechanics who manage to persuade manufacturers to their whims, yet still need to impress the smooth crossed arc cable freaks that lurk here?

prolly not - any ideas?

for anyone interested in the auction i bought a similar set (perhaps slightly shorter reach) for a mate's no-budget build and was pretty impressed with all but the brakepads. good budget brakeset.

ciao, ben kamen

NYC