On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 05:28:45 KCTOMMY wrote:
<snip> I was struck by how hard it is to find long reach nutted brakes and how many bikes I have that take them. <snip> So that makes my vintage brake nut factor 68.75 percent. I'm curious how the number runs for the group. Anyone with a higher percentage? <snip>
Tom, 66.66% (of my three) take long reach brakes. I have twice bought what I thought were long reach brakes, only to come up "short." To also reference another post, my mid to late '70s garage-sale Bianchi came with DiaCompe copies of Weinmann Vainquer 999 cp brakes, and, as Pete Geurds had, I assumed them to be replacements; however, Harvey's post makes me wonder whether they might have been original to the bike.
Tom (used to have one old bike, now have three, and a growing box of parts and stuff) Donahue in Melbourne, FL (where it is gloriously sunny with a light breeze, but I am inside working to pay off the bike parts bills)