[CR]hamfist, butterfingers

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: <marcus.e.helman@gm.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:10:33 -0400
Subject: [CR]hamfist, butterfingers

Last night while adjusting the front brake I broke the wheel guide off of one of the shoes. I was squeezing the front brake using the wheel guides, instead of using a 3rd hand tool. The brakes are SR, with the black rubber on the wheel guide. I did not realize they could be so fragile. I have always used the guides as handles before. A quick search of the web reveals that replacement brake pads are easy to find, but the shoes are not so plentiful.

Does anyone have a spare? Or a source?

The pads are kind of old anyway. What do people on the list like for replacements?

I know it will not be period correct, but do newer Campy shoes fit the old calipers?

Marcus Helman
Huntington Woods, MI