[CR] 3 Restoration Questions

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:55:32 -0600
From: "Ron Cooley" <cooleyr@duke.usask.ca>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Subject: [CR] 3 Restoration Questions

Classicists:

I have 3 questions relating to the early 70s Falcon restoration I'm working on. The bike came to me with a mix of components--Universal 61 brakes, zeus seatpost, Campy NR drivetrain, Sugino mighty crank. At first I thought of making it all Campy (since the importer assembled them in various configurations there's no "original" spec.) but the brake reach is too long for regular reach campy sidepulls, so I've decided to stick with the Universals (which have polished up very nicely). This leads to question #1

#1 If I use campy levers (nicer looking) with the Universal calipers how will the braking action be affected? I know someone submitted a table a while ago listing how much cable various levers pulled, but I neglected to copy it. Please forgive the repetition.

#2 The bike came with nice high flange campy hubs with the wing logo, no oil ports, and round holes in the flanges. What model are these? Tipo? Do they take the same bearing size and number as record hubs?

#3 The bike came with Weinmann (engraved) 27x1 1/4 touring rims. But they have red and gold foil Mavic stickers on them. Assuming someone added the stickers to make the rims look more "high end" I was planning to remove them. But I thought I should check first to make sure these weren't made by Weinmann for Mavic and relabeled.

Thanks in advance

Ron