Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
In the early-mid ‘90’s there were a number of Taiwan-made knockoffs of US-built CNC products.
Here’s what I see: rust spots in the mounting bolts, so they’re chrome-plated, not stainless. The surface on the arms doesn’t look machined, more like it was cut from plate. I bet the brake pads are hard as rock…
Put new pads on ‘em, grease the pivots, replace the cables… they might be OK.
Cool. The brakes were on a $30 bike at a thrift store and didn’t seem nice enough to justify the purchase. Thanks for the info.