Re: [CR]Adapter/bushing for nutted brake bolts

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "Howard Darr" <hdarr@localnet.com>
To: "Kerrigan Bennett" <krbennett@earthlink.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <000001c6273d$49685360$09ff56d1@3m0mj01>
Subject: Re: [CR]Adapter/bushing for nutted brake bolts
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:56:27 -0500
reply-type=original

I seem to remember that the rivendell catalog had white plastic somethings.

I made the rear by file-ing a cable end insert that came from a off topic rear centerpull / catilever thingee that fit into the seat cluster and held in place by the bolt. For the front I modified a convex washer from a BMX brake shoe.

Also I briefly had a Motobecan bottom ender that had what looked like a piece of sheet steel crudely made into a tube with a wildly oversize hole for a rear seat stay bridge. There was another piece of metal that was inserted into it that took up the space. It was so crude/ugly yet effective that it inspired the above solution I perpetrated.

Howard Darr Clymer "Rube Goldberg lives here" PA


----- Original Message -----
From: Kerrigan Bennett
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: [CR]Adapter/bushing for nutted brake bolts



> List members,
>
> I recently bought a bike that came with a nutted brakeset and, after
> removing the brakeset for cleaning, found that the frame and fork were
> drilled for recessed brake nuts. I'm looking for the
> adapters/bushings/inserts for use of nutted brakes and I can't seem to
> remember where I've seen this part. (My searches of the archives have
> not yielded any results). Anybody know where these can be had?
>
> Kerrigan Bennett
> Pleasant Hill, CA