Re: [CR]"Three arm" brake caliper?

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2007)

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:19:00 -0400
From: Marcus Coles <marcoles@ody.ca>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]"Three arm" brake caliper?
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Stronglight49@aol.com wrote:
> Guess the, the SC mark would stand for "self-centering"
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> That is correct. There is a third plastic rocker arm that links the right and left arms and keeps the motion synchronized. There were at least a couple of versions made for Bridgestone, I think the earliest version runs right at the edge of the CR time line. Shimano also had a similar set-up incorporated in some "Tourney" branded side pulls, I don't know if it extended into other lines.

Marcus Coles
London Ontario Canada