Re: [CR]eBay outing, unusual Mafacs

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "Pete Geurds" <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <BAY4-F16xlImoZ2pmnf0004f83c@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay outing, unusual Mafacs
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:59:05 -0400


From: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <kctommy@msn.com>
> Here's one I can't recall seeing or hearing about before. A set of Mafac centerpull brakes using Weinmann style threaded stud brake shoes, not the usual Mafac stud style shoes. Does anyone know the history of these items? Was this a last generation Mafac product, an attempt to join the mainstream of bike parts, forsaking Gallic independence? Was Mafac, indeed, a sell out at the end? ;-) http://ebay.com/<blah>

I had a late 70's /early 80's Peugeot Sport with these or similar centerpulls. I remember thinking they were a Weinmann knock-off. No one ever did come up with a model name when I asked.

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, pa