Anyone, particularly the former Schwinn dealers, seen evidence of Schwinn mixing Weinmann and DiaCompe brake parts on the same bike? I'm coming down the home stretch on the 1973 Schwinn Sports Tourer rebuild, cleaning the calipers, polishing with SimiChrome, reassembling and reinstalling. I found the the brake levers and front caliper are DiaCompe, but the rear caliper is Weinmann. Both calipers have identical Schwinn Approved labels, and both have a bit I've never noticed before, an extra bracket over each brake shoe which would prevent the brake pad pulling out even if one were careless enough to install the shoes wrong way round. I assume this little bit must have been unique to Schwinn, another example of their extreme conservatism, and it's the same on the Weinmann caliper as on the DiaCompe. Both calipers look correct for 1973, so I'm inclined to believe that they are original to the bike despite the mixing of different brands. Anyone else ever seen this?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA