RE: [CR]Universal Brake Timeline?

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Subject: RE: [CR]Universal Brake Timeline?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:06:15 -0800
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Universal Brake Timeline?
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
cc: nelson miller <nelsmiller@msn.com>

Chuck wrote a long time ago (from the archives):
> I don't believe the 61s were produced alongside the 68s. Typically a
> small manufacturer produces one part and the tools up for the next part
> until they have all the parts they need. When side pull brakes became
> popular again in the late 60s with Campagnolo's introduction of their
> side pull brake there would be little or no demand for center pull
> brakes on race bikes.

Well maybe not top-end race bikes, but I remember some "one down from the top of the line" production race bikes that came with 61 C-pulls well into the 70s - in numbers that couldn't have just been left in the pipeline since before '68. Bottecchia Pro & Motobecane Grand Record spring to mind. I'm convinced Universal made both brakes for a time after the 68 came out.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA