[CR]adjusters for Raliegh CP, was Raleigh ...Rear Brake Cable Hanger...

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 19:46:45 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: gillies@cs.ubc.ca, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]adjusters for Raliegh CP, was Raleigh ...Rear Brake Cable Hanger...

Donald Gillies wrote:

<snip> By the way, the first generation (1960's) raleighs didn't have a loop, they had a really cheesy "V" shaped flat bracket (tips of "V" brazed to each stay) that held a normal weinmann-type brake cable aluminum barrel adjuster (base of the "V"). the later semicircular loop accepts an absolutely positiviely _unique_ brass micro-barrel and if you lose that micro-barrel, you're totally hosed. +++++++++++++ If memory serves, the micro-adjuster that came with the Simplex plastic DT shifters, for those odd cases with full cable housing to the rear derailleur, worked fine on these Raleighs. I kept a couple, just in case... With all due respect, it was clearly the best part on that particular set of shifters.

harvey sachs
mcLean va