Re: [CR]Dunlop Rubber Brake "Cable Guides" ...

(Example: Framebuilders:Masi)

Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:23:44 +0000 (GMT)
From: "willc" <cherrycycle1@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR]Dunlop Rubber Brake "Cable Guides" ...
To: Wayne Bingham <blkmktbks@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <73706f460808181400x1dabe85eq1f9bb52959b9551@mail.gmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Wayne, Robert. listees, early in 08. I  lightly restored a 1938 double gents SUN wasp tandem.. .  it had been cabled up with these exact  Dunlop rubbers ... at a loss to find satisfactory new ones or even decent old ones, i set about c utting out my own.I had 1 survivor to replicate. I sourced a burst tractor rear inner tube, huge thing... and thicker rubber than any other tube that i had at that time. i had a few wrong ones turn out!!!   they areÂ
    relatively easy to copy and practice makes near perfect.. Willie Carton from  a wet moderately flooded Coleraine , Co L' Derry N .Ireland


--- On Mon, 18/8/08, Wayne Bingham wrote:
From: Wayne Bingham
Subject: Re: [CR]Dunlop Rubber Brake "Cable Guides" ...
To: Robert Clair
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Monday, 18 August, 2008, 10:00 PM


Those cable straps can be seen here, along with other pix of Robert's Bates project. Those little gems are particularly necessary for the Bates bulged tubes.

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Wayne-Bingham/RCBates/IMG_6556.JPG.html

They did indeed come from Ray (pre-arranged) when he attended one of the Cirques, and I believe he had a small supply at the time, but that was a few years ago.

Wayne Bingham Lovettsville Virginia USA

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Robert Clair <r.clair@cox.net> wrote:
> ... the really super story on the Carpenter, got us thinking about these
> Dunlop rubber brake cable guides. Wayne Bingham put together our mid-'50's
> H. Bates several years ago, and got three of these i believe from Ray
> Etherton when he came to the Circus a ways back.
>
> ... they are a black rubber wrap, that holds the cable, snaps shut, and
> because it rubber instead of metal, no paint scratches or rust. what's not
> to like.
>
> ... can anyone inform us about these, historical uses, and possible
> availabilty. they really are the "cat's meow" for these old bicycle
> fellows.
>
> robert clair
> alexandria, va 22308
> usa
> _______________________________________________
>

-- Wayne Bingham Lovettsville, Virginia USA _______________________________________________

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