At 11:21 AM -0800 1/23/09, Rudy Norvelle wrote:
>I bought my Cinelli in 1966 before Campagnolo brakes came out and
>had Weinmann levers with Mafac Top 63 calipers and still have them
>on the bike. The squeek though and always have.
Neither the Weinmann levers nor the Mafac calipers are responsible for the squealing. It's the Mafac pads that squeal. If you replace them with something different - Kool-Stop salmon-colored pads are nice - the squealing will stop.
For the Top 63 brakes, you'd need a slip-in pad, but that is available. Of just live with the squeal. The last bike with Top 63 and Weinmann levers which I rode (the 1965 Cinelli in "The Competition Bicycle") didn't squeal. But then, the brake pads were original from 1965 and quite hard. The brakes still worked wonderfully, though.
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