RE: [CR]brake question, also Keirin, somewhat vintage oriented

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From: "sam Lingo" <samclingo@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]brake question, also Keirin, somewhat vintage oriented
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:19:48 +0000


Schwinn also made cantilever brakes(clamp on style).You might use a front hub brake or front roller (shanino?) brake. sam lingo pleasanton tx


>From: Russ Fitzgerald


>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]brake question, also Keirin, somewhat vintage oriented
>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:37:44 -0500
>
>
>I know from previous discussions that initially, cable-operated
>caliper brakes were not attached with centerbolts, but with clamps
>that went around the fork blades and seat stays. I dug back through
>and read posts about Bowden brakes, as well as similar items being
>used on many vintage French racing machines. I'm also familiar with
>the Resilion cantilever brakes that attached with clamps, rather
>than bosses, etc.
>
>From another discussion (either here or another list), I understand
>that the bikes used for Keirin racing in Japan cannot be drilled for
>brakes. Allegedly, there is a modern caliper sold that fits these
>bikes via clamps, the way the vintage Bowden, etc., calipers did.
>
>Does anyone have a source for these clamp-on brakes? Any pictures
>or a web link? I would think this would be the bee's knees for
>someone with a vintage, undrilled track machine they wanted to ride
>on the road.
>
>Thanks,
>Russ Fitzgerald,
>home with a nasty head cold in
>Greenwood, SC
>
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