re: [CR]Raleigh International Rear Brake Cable Hanger & Seat Bolt

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Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 03:36:30 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: teaat4p@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: re: [CR]Raleigh International Rear Brake Cable Hanger & Seat Bolt


Richard Cielec asked:

For all you International owners - Any idea what was the original make & style of rear brake cable hanger? My 71 Inter nat. has a "V" shaped Mafac, with hanger-seat bolt holes slotted to receive the little nib under the head of the seat bolt. Of course, the rear hanger fills the space between the bolt head and the seat lug such that the nib is displaced to not index into the seat lug. Should the Internat. be fitted with seat bolt having a longer nib?

+++++++++++++ I had a lovely translucent brown International of about that vintage ("Kahlua"). I never knew that the tendency for the cable hanger to rotate when the bolt was being tightened was a "bug." I always thought of it as a "feature" that flowed naturally from its design. Indeed it facilitated brake adjustment, once you got the hang of it. by letting the hanger angle vary so the shoes were at exactly the right angle, and the cable had exactly the proper sharp bend. The knurling I remember on the bolt head allowed you to use thumb and finger to hold it and prevent that rotation if you were a Real Man (?), but my memory is that applying the thumb to the hanger worked better.

harvey sachs
mcLean va