Re: [CR]Question for Mafac Experts

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From: "Mark J. Encarnacion" <markenki@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Question for Mafac Experts
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:53:30 -0800


Richard Cielec asked:
>Did Mafac make a long reach brake a la Weinmann 750?

Jan Heine replied:
>Not an expert, but the brakes you need are called Mafac "Raid." Much longer
>reach. Check my article in Rivendell Reader No.30, p. 6, which has a
>comparison photo of the three "reaches" Mafac made.

To add to the information Jan provided: the reach of the Raid is 65-80mm. There is another model with reach 55-75mm that might work. For details, please get a copy of the Mafac catalog: http://www.velo-retro.com/list.html. For $6 you can then play a Mafac expert like I do. :-)

Regards,

Mark EncarnaciĆ³n Bellevue, WA

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