Re: [CR]Was Picchio - Now Recessed Mounting

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:30:55 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Was Picchio - Now Recessed Mounting
To: richardsachs@juno.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Richard and List, At the risk of sounding like a "me too" post, I recall seeing Pogliaghi from the mid-70s with the recessed arrangement, Cheers Dave Anderson Cut Bank....Big Sky Country....MT

In a message dated 4/11/02 1:39:11 PM PST, richardsachs@juno.com writes:
> 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.