You're right, old pre 70s Rickerts usually had Weinmann Vainqueur 999 brakes. The older version without the red label. There have been also blue anodized ones. Pretty cool. I've also seen later Rickerts of the early 70s which were equipped with Dura Ace brakes while everything else was Campagnolo NR/SR.
Dirk
-- Dirk Feeken Heidelberg Germany
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of wheelman@nac.net Sent: Montag, 19. April 2004 23:04 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Rickert
Well I did it. I bought a Rickert bike at T-town. It was being wheeled around by this nice old guy who had a genuine honest look about him. Soft spoken and no hype. We negotiated a price and I wheeled it away. My size and all. There are a few things that I have to put right on the bike and this is where I need help. It is pretty much all campy except for the brakes which are dura ace side pulls. Now you can easily see that this bike is set up for center pulls as it has the double brake bridge, one for the calipers and one for the cable housing retainer. Since I have never seen a Campy center pull I wanted opinions on what brakes should be on this bike. I was thinking of Weinmann 999 Vanquer brakes but cannot find any reference material to back that up. The way the bike was set up with the side pull is that he reversed the caliper to be in front of the stays so the cable would enter from the right side where the braze ons routed the cable.
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Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ