Re: [CR]RE:Universal Mod 61 calipers, Uni. lever hoods, and glycerine

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:30:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE:Universal Mod 61 calipers, Uni. lever hoods, and glycerine
To: Paul Woloshansky <bikwalla@telus.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <000601c62bfa$38094db0$e19835c6@your4105e587b6>


The 68's I'm familiar with were sidepulls, while 61's were centerpulls. These two brakesets were the ones usually seen on "all-Campy" Italian bikes before the Campy brakes were introduced and for a few years after that until people came to accept the then-astronomical price of Campy brakes.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

Paul Woloshansky <bikwalla@telus.net> wrote: If memory serves me, The 61's were long-reach calipers, 68's the short-reach version?

Aside: I have a set of old Universal levers which have enough travel, I'm sure, to be paired w/ v-brakes on a friend's MTB touring conversion; my question is, does anyone know a source for the gum rubber hoods for these levers? If anyone has an old pair installed on a bike and the gum rubber hoods are dried out/cracking, you can "reconstitute" the rubber by applying glycerine, available at a drugstore/chemist's.

Cheers,
Paul Woloshansky