greg THANK YOU! e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:40:09 EDT GPVB1@cs.com writes:
> Tom:
>
> The brake lever reach change probably occurred way before the 1977
> CPSC-mandated changes. What makes you think it was part of those
> changes? It
> was done to make the lever easier to reach....
>
> On the Benotto catalog jpeg in question, it's really difficult to
> see it
> either way, but it looks to me like those are early NR levers with
> black dots
> drawn on them to make them look like SR levers (note the
> size/shading
> difference between the dots on the left-hand lever and the
> right-hand one).
>
> Again, catalog pics. don't always represent reality. Have you ever
> seen a
> catalog shot of a car where the "crease" of the sheetmetal has been
>
> highlighted with an airbrush or, more recently, digital techniques?
> It really
> surprised me the first time a designer pointed it out clearly to
> me...
>
> Still need to see a real one to believe there's a Loch Ness
> monster....
>
> Anyone have any long-reach SR brake levers for sale?
>
> Greg Parker
> A2 MI USA
>
> Tom D. wrote:
>
> > First gen. SR brake lever naysayers:
> >
> > Take a look at the levers on this here Bee-notta
> >
> > ftp://ftp.bates-lee.org/pub/benotto%232/4.jpg
> >
> > Do they really look like normal SR levers to you? They sure look
> like
> > early, pre-CPSC Record levers to me, but with holes. Given that
> this is a
> > very early SR bike, and obviously predates the CPSC changes that
> lead to
> > the second Record lever shape, I'd say that SR levers were changed
> in the
> > same manner. Up to 1977 they were a bit more swoopy and pointy,
> and sat at
> > a different angle due to the big difference at the top. Why do we
> see so
> > few of these? Good question.