Re:[CR]Keirin track bike at the Japanese auction

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:21:48 -0700
From: "John Jorgensen" <designzero@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re:[CR]Keirin track bike at the Japanese auction
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Dan Polito inquired: is it typical for keirin bikes to have the brake behind (or in front of, whatever) the seat stays? i do not think i have ever seen that before.

If one wishes to keep the bike Keirin legal, this is one way to add a brake. Keirin rules exclude drilled forks or stay bridges for brakes. Therefore the brake must be completely removable, note the add-on plates to secure. The Keirin technical rules are quite strict and type forming. If they were sailboats, they would be almost one-designs.

John Jorgensen
Palos Verdes Ca