Here's what these things look like before use:
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
Note that I don't own any of these. Another member of the CR list (I'm sorry that I can't remember whom) sent me the photos. I also recall seeing a similar type of strap made from leather. Does anyone else remember that, or have a couple of different things been melded in my memory?
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> From: Peter Jourdain <pjourdain@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Dunlop Rubber Brake "Cable Guides" ...
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "Robert Clair" <r.clair@cox.net>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 6:05 PM
> Hi, Robert, CR Mates --
>
> I think that those rubber cable ties are the cat's
> meow, and I'm a bit surprised that they haven't made
> a reappearance with the fixie crowd, for it would be a
> fantastic addition to a track or other minimalist bike
> (especially a black one) which had no brazeons for cables
> but to which you would like to run a rear brake (I know many
> fixed gear riders only run a front brake. but sometimes they
> run a rear).
>
> A retail display card of them sold in the last few weeks on
> British ebay. If I had more '30s Brit bikes I would have
> jumped at them.
>
> Dunlop was also not the only manufacturer of the rubber
> cable ties. Several other Brit parts makers pumped them out,
> too.
>
> Earlier this year I wrote to Chris at VeloOrange.com about
> the possibility of his reproducing these style cable ties
> (along with some other vintage bits), and I received a nice,
> courteous reply, but he said he had not had rubber parts
> made before and so probably would not venture in that
> direction. (He's already got a full plate of projects,
> as you can see from his web site.)
>
> It would be easy for someone in the know or with access to
> a rubber parts manufacturer to "cook up a batch"
> similar to the way in which the Campy brake hoods have been
> reappearing on CR. A few years ago a couple of my CR friends
> were contemplating doing just that, but it never came to
> pass. One can easily find on the web a number of rubber
> parts manufacturers...if somebody wanted to take the lead on
> this.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Peter Jourdain
> Whitewater, Wisconsin
> United States of America
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 8/18/08, Robert Clair <r.clair@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Robert Clair <r.clair@cox.net>
> > Subject: [CR]Dunlop Rubber Brake "Cable
> Guides" ...
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 4:41 PM
> > ... the really super story on the Carpenter, got us
> thinking
> > about these
> > Dunlop rubber brake cable guides. Wayne Bingham put
> > together our mid-'50's
> > H. Bates several years ago, and got three of these i
> > believe from Ray
> > Etherton when he came to the Circus a ways back.
> >
> > ... they are a black rubber wrap, that holds the
> cable,
> > snaps shut, and
> > because it rubber instead of metal, no paint scratches
> or
> > rust. what's not
> > to like.
> >
> > ... can anyone inform us about these, historical uses,
> and
> > possible
> > availabilty. they really are the "cat's
> > meow" for these old bicycle
> > fellows.
> >
> > robert clair
> > alexandria, va 22308
> > usa
> >
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