Re: [CR]Really cool early 80s gear - mix & match! -now CLB

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From: "Ken Wehrenberg" <wnwires@htc.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Really cool early 80s gear - mix & match! -now CLB
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:34:56 -0600
To: "David G. White" <whiteknight@adelphia.net>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

David,

That's a nice result. I like it. I am doing something along the same lines for my '77 Eisentraut.

In regard to your CLB brakeset, the calipers are from the extremely late '70s if not early '80s. Competitions which evolved into the SpaceLine before the demise of CLB. I have a cut sheet on that model. It came in 2 reaches and you have the somewhat rarer (I think) long/normal reach. Your levers are from a much earlier model, maybe even late '50s. I like the white and red combination and will use mine on a red and white '50s Follis. The calipers were very finely finished, really a polished finish! I have complete sets of both of these as well as the box for the earlier ones. ('Guess I should just put them on ebay and let Kauzo and company duke it out.) David, I just snapped photos of these and will be sending them to you as I get around to unloading that camera.

Ken Wehrenberg, Hermann, MO