In the book "Tour de France and its Heroes" by Graham Watson, there is a picture of Bernard Hinault doing a 1981 time trial with the front brake behind the fork crown. For aerodynamic reasons? He won the stage anyway.
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA
> <I'm sure Chuck is kidding here ... I've never seen
> a brake mounted
> to the rear of a fork crown, but I HAVE seen people
> who mounted the
> rear brake on the inside of the rear triangle.
> Never have gotten
> a plausible answer for that one ...
>
> Any ideas?>
>
> I have friend who's a frame builder who runs his
> rear caliper on the inside
> because he wants to show off the brake bridge he had
> fabricated.
>
> Otis Williams
> Grants Pass OR.
>
>
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