An easy fix - you simply switch the brake shoes around (left-to-right, right-to-left) so that the shoe retainer faces rearward and the shoe won't pop out. I've seen this done on a few early "aero" bikes like that lovely Colnago TT bike.
Steve Whitting
"The Ciocc Cat"
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/
From: Scott L. Minneman <minneman@onomy.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Interesting Colnago To: FujiFish1@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 3:17 PM
Ooops...including that ever-worrisome feature - the rear brake holders are on backwards (wrong sides, I guess you'd say), so the pads can pop out during braking. Mentioned in case the new owner is on the list.
Pretty sweet machine, though...though certainly in an unusual way.
Scott Minneman San Francisco, CA USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of FujiFish1@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:57 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Interesting Colnago
And, let us not forget its similarities to the one from 1981 that I no longer own, but still sport (way too many) photos of. There are several pages of pics here, plenty of views of features like the shaped tubing, 24mm seatpost, tiny headset, double reveal b.b. sockets, front brake bolt brazed to the fork, special front derailleur hanger and special front derailleur body in order to mount it, etc. The more you look, the more unique stuff you notice: <_http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/MarksVintage/Colnagos/Coln81 AeroOlympic/_ (http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/MarksVintage/Colnagos/Coln81A eroOlympic/) >
Wool Jersey ... wooo hooo! Thanks Morgan!
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:48:37 -0400 From: <oroboyz@aol.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Interesting Colnago To: _classicrendezvous@bikelist.org_ (mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org)
Many of you may have noticed that this bike has 1" tubing in all three main tubes (as compared to the norm of 1 1/8" seat & down tubes). Not sure what the head tube diameter is but it is diminutive as well, as is the tiny
headset. Colnago went to fascinating lengths to make these bikes special. Note in the pic of the crank set, look past the crank & see the "bilaminate" bbkt shell.
As Marc says, it is very much like Ralph Carnevale's Colnago shown at this
year's Cirque.
http://cyclesdeoro.com/
Dale
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Marc St. Martin <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 9:19 pm Subject: [CR] Interesting Colnago
Hello Listmembers:
At this year's Cirque, Mr. Carnevale displayed a Colnago with some pretty cool factory customizations including an aero headset. Perhaps you can have something like this if you win this auction:
http://ebay.com/
Marc St. Martin
(no aero for stubby legs like mine)
Livermore, California
USA