Re: [CR]Dating Universal Brakes

(Example: Component Manufacturers)

From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Dating Universal Brakes
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <3DDE5AB1.1CFD668D@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:39:55 -0800 (PST)

> Levers: > Mod.51 (alum.), mod.50 (alum.), mod.39 (alum. or steel), > mod.35 (alum. or steel), mod.34 (steel), Sportivi (alum.), > Bambino So how do you identify the specific model? For example, it seems like all '60s and '70s Atalas with center pull brakes came with the same steel Universal levers. It didn't seem to matter whether the bike had Record, NR or Valentino derailleurs or even if it had Weinmann brakes - you got the same Universal levers; like these: http://www.employees.org/~fredness/image05.jpg Anyway, what model were they? (Please don't tell me Bambino.) By the way, my original hoods had a lovely filigree pattern molded into the rubber. Best regards, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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