Re: [CR]MAFAC "RAID"?

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From: "feldman" <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
To: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <C102531FB711D411B5B90060B0A468760DACF2@mail.bulgier.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]MAFAC "RAID"?
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 06:46:11 -0800


As far as I know, they were a camping bike and tandem brake; sort of a Racer equivalent for bikes too cheap to get cantilevers.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Bulgier
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:15 AM
Subject: [CR]MAFAC "RAID"?



> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> I thought I remembered the RAID as a high-quality brake, but the one on eBay
> has noticeably cheap dull plating on the steel parts, ugly forging marks on
> the aluminum, and just overall a cheezy look. Was there more than one RAID?
>
>
> I'm not shouting, it's in all caps on the brake - is it an acronym? Just
> what does RAID mean anyway? So many questions!
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle, Wa
> USA
> _______________________________________________

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