Re: [CR] MAFAC braze-on brake mounts question

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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:51:35 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: henox <henox@icycle.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] MAFAC braze-on brake mounts question


In the examples I have photos from, the MAFAC "constructeur" sets (with B-O studs but minus the alloy bridges) differ from front to rear. Some are stamped AV and AR (avant and arrière) and some are just shaped differently.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA

2009/3/8 henox <henox@icycle.net>:
> I think I could answer this question for myself if I could only find the
> MAFAC catalog I once had.
>
> Anyway, I came across a stash of MAFAC braze on brake (not canti) mounts
> and the stamped washers that go with them.
>
> My question is whether MAFAC offered these mounts in two radius
> dimensins or just one radius dimension (at the end that is brazed to the
> stay or blade), i.e., are there "front" and "rear" mounts as is the case
> with the canti mounts?
>
> TIA,
>
> Hugh Enox
> La Honda, California USA
> overcast and cloudy sunday