Re: [CR]right lever/front brake - have your cake - Coppi

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:45:00 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]right lever/front brake - have your cake - Coppi
To: ko_te_jebe@mac.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 8/30/02 5:28:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ko_te_jebe@mac.com writes:

<< 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 >>

I saw a picture of Coppi in action at a bike shop on Valencia Street in SF last evening. The front brake is clearly on the right and the brakes are clearly Universal side pulls. The line of the brake cable like that never bothered me and it was apparently good enough for Coppi and Merckx. The other interesting thing about the bike was the chrome seat lug. Could that be one of the Faliero built Bianchis?
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA