Re: [CR]dating recessed brakes

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 21:16:19 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]dating recessed brakes
From: "Steven m Johnson" <grisha2@juno.com>


On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 17:59:20 -0400 Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> writes:
> http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/richard_sachs1/rs1.jpg
> it is my 1976 brochure, referencing allen-keyed brake
> fittings. and i know that they weren't brand spankin' new
> then.

As a rule of thumb, could it be said then that recessed brake bolts started in the mid 70s on custom bikes, and really did not start showing up on production bikes until the early 80s? Trickling down to the mid-range production bikes by '83-4?

Without checking the archives, one post pointed to a 70s Zeus catalog displaying the recessed bolts. At least the front could be readily modified post production.

Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA

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