Vintage brake calipers
08-05-22, 06:34 PM
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Vintage brake calipers
saw this on a bianchi for sale on the bay... https://www.ebay.com/itm/374173441812 and love the look of the brake calipers.
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08-05-22, 06:37 PM
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Very cool! I’ve never seen anything like them.
08-05-22, 06:40 PM
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08-05-22, 06:47 PM
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Went looking for these on VeloBase and found them, I think. Bowden Touriste Sport, from Belgium.
EDIT: cocoabeachcrab beat me to it. [Shakes fist!]
EDIT: cocoabeachcrab beat me to it. [Shakes fist!]
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those are pretty intriguing!
Are they made out of an aluminum alloy? They look too thick to be steel, but in that era, aluminum was uncommon.
I like how it looks like it was stamped out of sheet stock and then cut to shape and bent to the desired form.
Not as graceful as a nice MAFAC centerpull or Campy Record sidepull, but still interesting.
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Are they made out of an aluminum alloy? They look too thick to be steel, but in that era, aluminum was uncommon.
I like how it looks like it was stamped out of sheet stock and then cut to shape and bent to the desired form.
Not as graceful as a nice MAFAC centerpull or Campy Record sidepull, but still interesting.
Steve in Peoria
08-06-22, 02:16 PM
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They remind me of something akin to CLB's. I think they're the cat's arse. Fab.
