Re: [CR] Mafac brake blocks

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From: "Ken Wehrenberg" <wnwires@htc.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:03:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR] Mafac brake blocks


Last year I bought two Gitanes at a country auction: a 1971 full-on tourer, an outside bike with many thousands of all season miles, and a 1972 mixte with racks and fenders, barely ridden. Both had wonderfully adjusted Mafacs, the performance of which is right up there with modern dual pivots. I was amazed. Long straddle wires. Definitely no drying of the pad material here.

Ken Wehrenberg, Hermann, MO