Nice pix, nice bikes. But sure is hard to get a rational run for a rear brake, eh? What I found worked best on bikes with intermediate stays is different from any of these: Use vertical drops, and mount a centerpull to a bridge on the intermediate stays. Bottom looks nicer, and allows a very straight brake cable run, with a long straddle cable going in front of the seat tube. Of course, on a single the rear brake shouldn't do much, but it made a difference on triplets and tandems. Ah! Cantilevers in that location become excellent ankle-scrapers, so bad idea. Centerpulls are narrower, typically not significantly wider than the stays. BTW, in my experience the right intermediate stay was a bit tricky to assure that it cleared the chain. Or am I remembering incorrectly. Of the three, I like the JT best, but the Cinelli has real charm. Overkill?
harvey sachs mcLean VA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Geo. Allen wrote:
> OK, this is my first attempt at posting photos to Flickr so please
> help
> me if I screwed up. I posted the three lady's bike that I discussed
> last
> week: a Cinelli, a Paramount and a Taylor. I named the set "Mixtes"
> though the bikes probably aren't as none have the twin lateral tubes
> running from the head tube to the drop-outs. I also decided to use a
> stone wall as my background to distinguish my bikes from Kevin
> Kruger's.
> He uses a brick wall. Brick Wall = Kevin's bikes. Stone wall =
> George's
> bikes. Now that I know just enough to be dangerous I plan on posting
> something new on a regular basis. My favorite photo is the one showing
> the middle of the Taylor where the sloping top tube transitions to two
> stays at the seat tube, all nicely fillet-brazed.
>
> Try this link:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/
>
> George Allen
> Lexington, Ky
> USA