Ken: Thanks. You mentioned catalogues. Do you know of any posted or available reprints? My attempts at net searching did not succeed.
Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois
Ken Wehrenberg <wnwires@htc.net> wrote: Richard, Jerry and the list:
CLB made many small fitments in addition to the brakesets we remember. The company's full name was CLB-Angenieux. I may have the spelling off by a letter, but I don't think so. For unusual, constructor/custom fendering and tie-ins to brakesets, the catalogues were a treasure trove
of ideas for the innovative mind. The brakes were quite good, actually. My 1950s-era Follis has some sidepulls which could outbrake Weinmann sidepulls and the finish is almost a polish... it's so good! Nice white hoods with red trim which looks super on the red Follis with white trim. The pads are about the color of KoolStop salmons or Mathausers. The superlight endeavors were very interesting. The Al cables were certainly light. I guess they brake OK, but in side-by-side
comparisons to today's DP designs, I'd never go back, because whenever I
go out on the Vitus with CLB SpaceLines, their last and latest effort (sure would like some of the white ones, though!?!) one has to really remember how much more distance we needed to accomplish what we routinely do now so easily with modern brakes. (and that goes for Campy, MAFAC, Universal, etc)
Insofar as CLB Racers are concerned, I never saw any that were broken. I rode many thousands with a pair on a Follis 172 tourer.
The CLB-2s, along with those late DiaCompes were the finest centerpulls ever built???
Ken Wehrenberg, Hermann, MO where the picked vineyards are sporting their autumn golden hues
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