Re: [CR]Weinmann posts for FR frames?

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:12:40 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Weinmann posts for FR frames?
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At 03:00 PM 8/29/2008, Jon Spangler wrote:
>Listers,
>Just saw these on ebay, and am guessing that they fit cantilever
>brake bosses or something, but I'm stumped:
>
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>wItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
>
>I'm sure that someone out in CR land can enlighten us.

Jane's 1972 Gitane Mixte had a Weinmann sidepull using this type of pivot bolt. As others have mentioned, some French bikes had radial holes in the brake bridge.

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