Re: [CR]Strange braking method

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:10:02 -0700
From: "Don Williams" <donwilliamsjr@gmail.com>
To: "nelson miller" <nelsmiller@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Strange braking method
In-Reply-To: <BAY116-W3301B21045A6EAC6B8945BC25E0@phx.gbl>
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Hi all...

I may have missed the conversation, but, to me it looks like the discription of this part is wrong. Don't you need to pull up to apply the brakes using this?

Don Williams Woodinville Washington USA

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, nelson miller <nelsmiller@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Group -- In reference to Tom Jue"s inquiry regarding the Simplex "guidonst
> op" stem -- ebay auction #320294742938 and CR "Rarest of Rare" section --
> This is not strange, it is simply a French approach to a basic engineerin
> g problem.. ala the flying buttress or the Eiffel Tower.. just different!
> (like many French things)
>
> I put mine on my Masi and it works pretty well, but is very sensitive to
> being adjusted properly. It might work better with drop bars rather than t
> he upright. :-)
>
> Cheers -- Nelson Miller // Seattle, Washington // USA