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> As an aside I should mention that I once saw a late 60s add for these
> brakes with an English female racer as their spokes-person. If I had the
add,
> I could spell her name correctly, but I think it was something like Beryl
> Beesum(??), [other folks, please correct me].
That would be the great Beryl Burton, generally considered to be the greatest female cycle racer of all time. She regularly trounced top male cyclists in UK TT events.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX