Where are you? What time is it? Am I bent?
01-24-20, 08:28 PM
#26
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Washington County, Vermont, USA
Posts: 3,778
Bikes: 1966 Dawes Double Blue, 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport, 1975 Raleigh Sprite 27, 1980 Univega Viva Sport, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1984 Lotus Classique, 1976 Motobecane Grand Record
Mentioned: 77 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 765 Post(s)
Liked 660 Times
in
351 Posts
Gosh, I like Weinmann levers. Are they uncool?
__________________
www.redclovercomponents.com
"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
--Ogden Nash
www.redclovercomponents.com
"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
--Ogden Nash
01-24-20, 09:25 PM
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: City of Angels
Posts: 4,870
Bikes: A few too many
Mentioned: 42 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1364 Post(s)
Liked 2,180 Times
in
1,183 Posts
01-24-20, 11:17 PM
#29
Senior Member
As to coolness, I have no idea. My impression is that most Weinmann levers of the 70s were made to loose tolerances and just didn't age well -- that is, they became more and more sloppy with use. I bought a Motobecane Grand Record about a year or so ago and the Weinmann levers on that bike actually weren't too bad and they may get back in service if I can find some decent hoods for them.
I understand that you may be teasing here as the levers on those bars are among the ugliest that I've ever seen, and I have a drawer full of them.
I understand that you may be teasing here as the levers on those bars are among the ugliest that I've ever seen, and I have a drawer full of them.
Likes For RobbieTunes:
01-25-20, 07:13 AM
#31
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Washington County, Vermont, USA
Posts: 3,778
Bikes: 1966 Dawes Double Blue, 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport, 1975 Raleigh Sprite 27, 1980 Univega Viva Sport, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1984 Lotus Classique, 1976 Motobecane Grand Record
Mentioned: 77 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 765 Post(s)
Liked 660 Times
in
351 Posts
As to coolness, I have no idea. My impression is that most Weinmann levers of the 70s were made to loose tolerances and just didn't age well -- that is, they became more and more sloppy with use. I bought a Motobecane Grand Record about a year or so ago and the Weinmann levers on that bike actually weren't too bad and they may get back in service if I can find some decent hoods for them.
I understand that you may be teasing here as the levers on those bars are among the ugliest that I've ever seen, and I have a drawer full of them.
I understand that you may be teasing here as the levers on those bars are among the ugliest that I've ever seen, and I have a drawer full of them.
In general, I like levers with removeable cable ferrules (maybe they're not called ferrules--you know what I mean, those conical fittings where the housing enteres the lever), because they let you remove the handlebars without having to cut or remove the cables. That's useful when you want to disassemble the bike for shipment or whatever.
__________________
www.redclovercomponents.com
"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
--Ogden Nash
www.redclovercomponents.com
"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
--Ogden Nash
01-25-20, 09:10 AM
#32
Veteran, Pacifist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 13,328
Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
Mentioned: 284 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3898 Post(s)
Liked 4,831 Times
in
2,229 Posts
as always = ride it, then you will know.
from experience, knowledge is sometimes attained (hopefully to be retained)
from experience, knowledge is sometimes attained (hopefully to be retained)
__________________
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Last edited by Wildwood; 01-25-20 at 09:14 AM.
01-25-20, 04:39 PM
#33
Senior Member
Yeah, they're covered with old brake-hood residue and what looks like blue rubber cement. But I think they'll clean up fine. Since I mostly ride mid-price bikes, several of them have Weinmanns, and I've never had problems with them.
In general, I like levers with removeable cable ferrules (maybe they're not called ferrules--you know what I mean, those conical fittings where the housing enteres the lever), because they let you remove the handlebars without having to cut or remove the cables. That's useful when you want to disassemble the bike for shipment or whatever.
In general, I like levers with removeable cable ferrules (maybe they're not called ferrules--you know what I mean, those conical fittings where the housing enteres the lever), because they let you remove the handlebars without having to cut or remove the cables. That's useful when you want to disassemble the bike for shipment or whatever.
01-25-20, 08:00 PM
#34
PM me your cotters
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: ATL
Posts: 3,241
Mentioned: 80 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1137 Post(s)
Liked 590 Times
in
422 Posts
Most of the bikes in my price range, over the years, have had Weinmann brakes and levers and I've always thought the center pull 610s and 750s were decent brakes but never really liked the levers. When aero levers came out in the 80s, replaced the levers on my Falcon and until recently never thought much about the levers. I will say that I like them better than the white plastic things on an early 70s PR10. Most MAFAC levers are ok, but those white things look like a serious accident waiting for me.
__________________
███████████████
███████████████
01-25-20, 08:23 PM
#35
Partially Sane.
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Sunny Sacramento.
Posts: 3,559
Bikes: Soma Saga, pre-disc
Mentioned: 22 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 972 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 643 Times
in
468 Posts
I once saw some really nice Sansui audio gear, at a garage sale, for a pretty decent price. But the previous owner had inscribed his SS number, right on the faceplates. 😲😩 Must have been pretty drunk at the time, or something. 🙄🤔
01-25-20, 09:37 PM
#36
Thrifty Bill
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,524
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
Mentioned: 96 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1236 Post(s)
Liked 964 Times
in
628 Posts
01-27-20, 03:27 PM
#38
Senior Member
All handlebars used to do that. Cinelli handlebars used to do that. Cinelli did that back when I weighed 140. How long you been riding?
Likes For 63rickert:
01-27-20, 04:27 PM
#40
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Washington County, Vermont, USA
Posts: 3,778
Bikes: 1966 Dawes Double Blue, 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport, 1975 Raleigh Sprite 27, 1980 Univega Viva Sport, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1984 Lotus Classique, 1976 Motobecane Grand Record
Mentioned: 77 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 765 Post(s)
Liked 660 Times
in
351 Posts
Dating from the first time I rode a two-wheeler without training wheels, about 61 years. I've never owned a set of Cinelli handlebars, though.
__________________
www.redclovercomponents.com
"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
--Ogden Nash
www.redclovercomponents.com
"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
--Ogden Nash
01-27-20, 04:55 PM
#41
Senior Member
AVA handlebars on my '65 Schwinn Continental bent from use. Next bike up was a '67 Falcon M90 that did have Cinelli. They bent. This continued with every bar attempted until late 70s and some bars in the 80s continued to bend. It's a service item. When they bend they get replaced. Sometimes they break even before they bend. Once you have broken a bar (think my box score is three, might be four) you won't take chances with bars that start to bend.
