[CR]Rear brake routing on early '60s Paramounts

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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:59:33 -0400
Subject: [CR]Rear brake routing on early '60s Paramounts
From: "Fredrick Yavorsky" <fred@twistcomm.com>
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Thread-Topic: [CR]Rear brake routing on early '60s Paramounts
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My 1966 Paramount was and is a hodge-podge of upgraded parts but most were done year¹s back. When I first aquired it it had Campagnolo sidepulls with the rear mounted backwards using a Campy drop bolt. This was strange to me but I guess it allowed nice routing from the rear top tube cable stop:

http://twistcomm.com/Bikes/66_Paramount/source/p1010009.html http://twistcomm.com/Bikes/66_Paramount/source/p1010011.html

In an attept to start bring the bike back to more ³period correctness², I changed the brake later to the other side but was never happy with a crossover from the rear cable stop so I (temporarily) used cable clamps:

http://www.twistcomm.com/AugustBikes/source/p1010088.htm

How do Paramount experts feel about routing a brake cable from the drive side to the opposite side for sidepull brakes?

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Fred Yavorsky
Jenkintown, PA
fred@twistcomm.com
http://twistcomm.com/FredBikes.html