[CR]Re: weights of brake levers

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:02:27 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: weights of brake levers

Harvey,
     Did you weigh the steel or amuminum bodied Universal levers?
        Fred


--- Harvey M Sachs wrote:


> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:40:55 -0500
> From: Harvey M Sachs <sachshm@cox.net>
> To: CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com,
> Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]weights of brake levers
>
> Sheldon Brown wrote, wrt Peter Kohler's question:
>
> If I had to choose betwixt the twain, it would be Universal,
> no
> contest. Especially for a TT bike, 'cause Universal brake
> _levers_
> were the lightest you could get (might still be...)
> ++++++++++++++
> I beg to differ, and have just weighed some levers:
>
> 112 gm = Universal 61/68 with hood (not usable with out,
> IMHO)
> 92 gm = Mafac aluminum with hood, no plastic on lever arm
> 72 gm = Mafac plastic, no hood.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va.
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