DiaCompe, AFAIK, made all the classic era SunTour brakes. Some Mavic bra kes, including the ones with concealed springs, were made by DiaCompe, whil e other Mavic brakes were made by Modolo. So I'm pretty sure the conceal ed spring models sold as DiaCompe, SunTour and Mavic differed only in cosme tic details.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
From: travis.harry@gmail.com <travis.harry@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CR]mavic concealed spring brakes To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 10:22 PM
If these were Dia-Compe-- and were other beautiful calipers (and levers) with the Mavic label by Modolo of Italy?-- then are they a variant of or the same as the most treasured Suntour Suberbe Pro, with concealed springs?
said Harry Travis, stirred by:
Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net>'s message of:
Friday 05 Sep 08 at 10:22 PM,
On: Re: [CR]mavic concealed spring brakes
[echoed below, in part<=1]
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>I used to know but don't remember. In any event, they were made by
>Dia-Compe and also sold as the Dia-Compe BRS-500. Google that and
>maybe something will turn up. Seems to me that Yellow Jersey is an
>expert on Dia-Compe brakes and would know. These brakes have my vote
>as just about the most beautiful ever made. They have thrust bearings
>between the brake arms, and a really ingenious construction.
>Louis Schulman
>Tampa, FL
>KvnMuadib@aol.com wrote:
>> hi all, does anybody have a diagram or can explain how these brakes
are
>> adjusted?thanks kevin ruberg howell nj ps. one is fine . one i tried
to loosen
>> and now have no spring action
>>
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