Center pull low profile rear brakes for Hooker TT frame - suggestions?

[James]

I'm putting together a TT bike around an old Hooker TT frame. These frames don't have the brakes on
the seat stays but just behind the bottom bracket. I need center pull brakes with a small enough
profile so that the cranks clear them. Any suggestions? Sources?

Thanks, james

 

[Phil Brown]

>I'm putting together a TT bike around an old Hooker TT frame. These frames don't have the brakes on
>the seat stays but just behind the bottom bracket. I need center pull brakes with a small enough
>profile so that the cranks clear them. Any suggestions? Sources?

Hookers used their own brakes but off the top of my head a Dura Ace AX might work. Phil Brown

 

[Jeff Wills]

[email protected] (James) wrote in message
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> I'm putting together a TT bike around an old Hooker TT frame. These frames don't have the brakes
> on the seat stays but just behind the bottom bracket. I need center pull brakes with a small
> enough profile so that the cranks clear them. Any suggestions? Sources?
>
> Thanks, james

As Phil said, Hookers had their own brakes. It might be possible to fit a Shimano Dura-Ace AX or
600AX caliper if you can find one or a Modolo Kronos if you can find one unbroken. *Personally*, I
wouldn't trust any of those options-brakes are too vital a system to trust to sketchy components.

Jeff

 

[A Muzi]

"James" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm putting together a TT bike around an old Hooker TT frame. These frames don't have the brakes
> on the seat stays but just behind the bottom bracket. I need center pull brakes with a small
> enough profile so that the cranks clear them. Any suggestions? Sources?

Vintage DA AX perhaps?

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