In a message dated 12/15/03 6:16:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, sachs@erols.com writes: ---------------------------- Do as you wish, but in my experience bending Universal caliper arms (or twisting to get proper toe-in) is a sure-fire way to get a much shorter arm, with no brake mounting flat. Unlike most others, the ones I know (particularly the 61s) just snap when bent Even before I met all the nuovo technoids and AR mechanics that went into training and schools, and learned things from books and the cyberword, we knew from hardknox university (the old lawnmower,lock,key,chainsaw, and also bicycle shop in College Park)- Universals are a zero-tolerance alloy brake.
All universals at least up to the Aer and CX. Two models were popular - those that were broken and those that would. I like Harv's scenario above.
Larry Black
Mt airy, Md