Daniel Artley wrote:
>Does anyone on the list have experience with GB Synchron brakes? Are
>they good stoppers? What period are they from? They're dual pivot
>sidepulls. Do the brakes have to be adjusted close to the rim like a
>center pull? Please answer off list.
Those are actually Altenbergers, with a GB badging. They're the original dual-pivots, and they work just fine, very much like a centerpull. They'd probably be late '60s, maybe early '70s.
The hardware is very Weinmann-esque, all metric.
Sheldon "Used To Like The Altenbergers A Lot" Brown
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