Re: [CR]Campy Delta Brakes

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:15:30 -0500
From: <wspokes@penn.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Delta Brakes

Garth I believe a quick explanation for Campy delta BRAKES is that fact they were commonly referred to in the racing crowd as "speed adjusters".

Walt Skrzypek Falls Creek, Pa

garth libre <rabbitman@mindspring.com> wrote:
> So much on a bike is simplicity defined, but those Delta brakes look like something off a Ferrari. They seem to be a different system from the Shimano Dura Ace AX brakes. It's hard from looking at the pictures to know how these things worked. Is it some kind of lever cam action or pivoting solid metal center wire substitute?. Without having seen these things in action, it's hard to imagine what was the physics behind them. Garth Libre in Surfside Fl.