Hi Gang, so where do the non engraved, non stickered weinmann brakes that
have the name silkscreened on the calper fit in the time line? Thanks
Craig Griffith
San Luis Obispo
> Oops, i re-read that description of the paramount and i think my
> calipers are later weinmanns and are 610's (type (b) below.) So there
> seem to be be at least 3 phases of weinmann centerpulls :
>
> (a) Name "Wienmann" engraved into the arms, arms look like sidepull arms.
> (b) Red-label name "Weinmann" on arm, pivot bolts have _red metal washers_
> (c) Red-label name "Weinmann" on arm, pivot bolts have _red plastic
washers_
> and pivot bolts have associated nuts on the backside (unlike (b)
above).
> (d) Various special-color labels (e.g. black, even blue) starting when?
> (e) End of production ?
>
> a nickel for anyone who can date these events ... Maybe we should
> start a weinmann timeline (like campy timeline), since these brakes
> were quite revolutionary when introduced and they lasted for almost 30
> years ... remarkable.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA