i had put recessed brakes on the bicycle depicted in my 1979 bust-out retail, no-holds barred, 4 color catalog, and i know that the frame was built in '78... and i was a late-comer to the recessed allen key craze. ergo, they must have been in the mainstream by the mid 70s, tho' maybe not very evident in north america. my catalog pics are somewhere on dale's cr website. e-RICHIE 'been long day behind the stove.
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:40:41 -0400 "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org>
writes:
> Actually, I think that the transition was gradual, and may have
> started
> earlier as Chuck suggests. The trend certainly came earlier on
> certain
> bikes, but I would like to know when it got started in earnest.
> The
> Gios Torino I had ('79, I believe) had nutted mounting. I think
> recessed mounting was pretty ubiquitous by the mid 80's an on, but
> my
> '83 Stan Pike uses nutted brakes, as does the '84 Picchio on ebay
> (if it
> is, indeed, an '84). I really can't think of much else that late
> that
> still had nutted mounting. Trek made the transition in '81. When
> did
> the manufacturers start producing recessed mount brake sets? What
> was
> the reason? Was this a CPSC thing?
>
> Wayne Bingham
> Falls Church VA
>
>
>
> Wayne Bingham wrote:
> >
> > (cut) Yes, I believe that the era of recessed brake caliper
> mounting
> > was emerging during the '82-'84 time frame.
>
> --------------------------
> >>>>I remember it more like being late 1970s. e-RITCHIE probably
> knows
> for sure. Ritchie???
>
> Chuck Schmidt<<<<