RE: [CR]Re: TA front rack on a Weinmann brake

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Subject: RE: [CR]Re: TA front rack on a Weinmann brake
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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:46:53 -0700
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Re: TA front rack on a Weinmann brake
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Cheung, Doland" <CheungD@bv.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Doland Cheung wrote:
> I tried fitting my TA rack to Weinmann centerpulls and I
> couldn't figure it out.

I run a TA rack on the Weinmann c-pull on my townie bike, a '71 Raleigh Super Course which wouldn't be happy with a Mafac brake. It gets used for beer and groceries, never a handlebar bag.

I had to modify the rack to get it to fit the Weinmann though: Had to shorten the arms that go down to the plates that attach to the brake pivots. That involved unbrazing the plates, then rebrazing them after shortening the arms -- not something your typical CR member is going to want to try.

Since this ruins the chrome, you'd need to re-plate it, unless like me you didn't care too much how it looked. I shot the rebrazed areas with a little rattle-can fake-chrome paint, and in no time it was too dirty to really tell the difference... ;)

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA