Are these then "the" Weinmann Rising Sun levers?
Ed Estoye
Middletown, OH
> Tom Hayes wrote:
> >
> > I am not about to look a gift-horse in the mouth, but I really would
like to know what's up with this auction? Other than the red dot on the
levers, I do not find these Weinmann brakes different than others.
> >
> >
http://ebay.com/
> >
> > But as I said, I am not checking out the horse's teeth, only asking what
makes these special over and above other more common Weinmann brakes?
>
>
> The answer is always the same Tom. Anything that goes for more money
> than you think it should (or would) is something that the Japanese
> collectors like. The Japanese collectors like the version with the red
> anodized QR mechanism on the levers.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
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