Dale wrote:
>
> > Now, at a certain point (slipping outside our time line) slippery
> > plastic lined cable housing came into use. But this was also used
> > for shifting and braking interchangeably...
& John Thompson replied:
> I seem to recall "Ultra-Glide" lined brake cables/housing
> being available by the late 70s, still within the time line.
Bud's Bike Shop / Santana Cycles of Claremont CA was importing & distributing lined housing in 1978 I think - '79 at the latest. They called it "Elephant Brand" - does anyone here remember seeing that in shops? I think it was manu'd in England -- Clarks maybe?
I was annoyingly big, a little too big to fit in a lot of ferrules and braze-ons of the day, but very slippery and high quality.
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA