Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 6th July - Vietto's rear brake

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:12:39 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 6th July - Vietto's rear brake
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HH= Harry Havnoonian :^)

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 23:04:37 -0400, Angel M Garcia <wa2vuy@mindspring.com> wrote:
> My Colnago Oval CX (1983) has brakes mounted this way. The HH Racing Group
> (can't remember what the initials H H stand for...e-richie would know) out
> of Media, PA, builds road bikes like this. A friend has one and he related
> that HH has strong opinions why they should be like this. What would these
> reasons be? Were some bikes equipped like this even earlier than 1947?
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>
> > snip
>
>
> > Image shows Vietto's 1947 TdF bike, with quirky backward-mounted rear
> brake,
> > along with his distinctive downtube-mounted bottle cage.
> >
> > http://www.birfield.com/nuke/modules/gallery/album17/Vietto_brake_1938
> >
> > Aldo Ross