RE: [CR]MAFAC Brakeset ID?

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

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From: "R.S. Broderick" <rsb000@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]MAFAC Brakeset ID?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:04:39 -0600


Tom,

Those are decidedly NOT any variation of MAFAC Competition calipers as there are simply far too many detail differences (...straddle cable wires, straddle cable end fittings, cable receptors, left versus right side release, center bolt mounting configuration, shape of the arms themselves, and obviously the model marking or lack of same). That said, I am hard pressed to tell you with absolute authority just exactly what model of caliper these might be other than to say that they would have assuredly been much further down on the MAFAC food-chain, so to speak. If I had to hazard a guess, I would be inclined to believe that these might be a pair of very late model "S" centerpull brakes with their shoes and pads having been upgraded to larger four nub "Racer" units as opposed to the original three nub versions (...those pieces being easily interchangeable between the respective models – and besides, the two sets of shoes and pads, front and back, do not even match on the eBay example, which would strongly suggest that at least one pair are replacement units).

If you would care to further research some of the finer details regarding various MAFAC offerings, you are encouraged to follow this link:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/broderir/Catalogs-Posters/MAFAC/

Robert "musing over mysterious MAFACs" Broderick ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota Sioux Falls, USA

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>From: TADCPDAJD@aol.com

>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Subject: [CR]MAFAC Brakeset ID?

>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:09:33 EST

>

>CR Francophiles,

>Is this ebay brakeset an early Competition model without the Competition

>engraving? The straddle cables look like Competition cable ends. The

>bushings

>look bronze. The remains of the full hoods, though, look later. I didn't

>know there was a Competition model that was not ID'd as such. Thank you.

>

>_http://ebay.com/<blah>

>0QQitemZ330086337470QQihZ014QQcategoryZ56197QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem_

>(http://ebay.com/<blah>

>86337470QQihZ014QQcategoryZ56197QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

>

>or, Item # 330086337470

>

>Tom Donahue

>Melbourne, FL