"He tried to stand the bike on the front wheel"
I can't believe that this is what the front brake assembly was "designed" to withstand. Perhaps now, when people will subject all kinds of products to all kinds of abuse for which they were not designed, but not in the "pre-product-liability-lawsuit-happy" 1970's.
Not saying that perhaps Phil shouldn't have designed it stronger, or that it perhaps didn't have a design flaw.. but I (in the same place and time) probably would not have anticipated a "front wheel stand".
Dennis Johnson Visalia CA
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