Re:[CR]Synchron Brakes- How do they measure up

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:51:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re:[CR]Synchron Brakes- How do they measure up

I have a pair of weinmann symmetric brakes (Raleigh Super Tourer), which I too think are an exact copy of the Altenberger / GB Synchron brakes. Mine seem to work fine, although the bike has been out of service for a while since I broke the rear axle. It would be good to know :

- was the idea of a dual pivot patented? - why did they take such a long time to catch on ? - why were the first 3 instances of dual pivots so very very similar ? - was the Raleigh Super Tourer (1974) the first production bike to use them ?

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA