dan polito wrote:
>anybody familiar with these levers? i know that they are related to
>the clb company. i have a pair of levers that are engraved "freins
>LAM, brevete sgdg" on the front of the levers. the clamps are
>plain. i am trying to date them, and try to figure out what bikes
>they are appropriate . i have the feeling that i don't have
>anything to fit them on, but still i'm curious.
My 1957 O.T.B. came with Lam brakes. I didn't much like them, upgraded to Mafac.
"freins LAM, brevete sgdg"
"Freins" = "brakes"
"brevete" = "patented or registered"
"SGDG" = "Incorporated" or something like that.
Sheldon "No Longer On The Lam" Brown
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