I guess this is the answer to the CLB brake with the solid straddle wires where 1) they were one piece, 2) they were the springs and other than that the brakes were self energizing due to the angled pivots.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
What an elegant design (not really)! We replace a cheap cable with some sort of pressed ends with a simpler solution: two pieces of stamped, coined, plated and drilled sheet metal, and what looks like 4 separate pivoting attachments. If I might be a bit over the top, isn't this the kind of engineering innovation for which the Olde Rolls Royce were known? :-) Turning from the bad joke, I can understand why others did not emulate the design: I'd bet it added more cost than profit, because the complexity gave a marginal benefit in responsiveness. But, I speculate.
(and I did enjoy the pix of the Taylor, though not my cup of tea). thanks, Mark!
harvey sachs mcLean va
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mark Lawrence wrote:
Michael mentioning the Jack Taylor on UK ebay (320487377012) has reminded me of the fact that I have the same brakeset that this bicycle features, but have never got around to properly identifying them.
All that I know is that they are Weinmanns, and that they have a solid steel straddle arm instead of a straddle cable. What I'm really curious about is whether this design works - possibly not since it was never copied.
If you look at the ebay listing you will see what I'm talking about - I suppose I should make pictures of these brakes and upload them to wooljersey, I haven't seen them there or anywhere else.
Thanks in advance for any insight,
Regards
Mark Lawrence
Oxford, United Kingdom