Re: [CR] UNIVERSAL 68, another point

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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 16:04:32 -0400
From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
To: freitas1@pacbell.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] UNIVERSAL 68, another point


Hello-
     I might as well as throw in my two cents as well. A very long time ago, and I am talking over 30 years here, (that seems like a darn long time to me!) I worked in a bike shop along with its owner who happened to recieve an order of several high end bikes. They cost $400+ back then.
     Two of them, a Cinelli SC and a Mirella Pro, had the exact same stock components, a full Campy NR grouppo with Univeral Super 68s. I know that others have had experience with these brakes, but the trick I learned to get the most out of these brakes was just to replace the stock brake cables with either the thicker Campys or Modolos.
      I ended up using this approach on a 1974 Mondonico all the way up to 1987. While I went through another set of brakepads, I used the same cable arrangement and got bajillions of miles out of the Super 68s, humble as they might be. Cheers, Dave Anderson Cut Bank MT