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Tim McNamara
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Simon Brooke <[email protected]> writes:
> Tim McNamara <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Actually, U-brakes were just a new name for an old design" centerpulls. Take a close look, they
> > are just centerpull brakes with a slightly different arm shape.
>
> To be fair, the U brakes mount to bosses on the forks rather than to a saddle which mounts to a
> bolt in the classic 'brake bolt' position. This must make them rather stronger and less flexible
> (and also probably lighter) than old-design centrepulls.
Centerpulls mounted on brazed-on bosses were pretty much the standard on randonee bikes and bikes
custom built for touring and such for a good few years. Those are basically identical to the
U-brake, although the latter was for some odd reason often mounted under the chain stays. I think it
was precisely the discussion of centerpulls on brazed-on bosses in the Rivendell Reader that sparked
this thread.
> Tim McNamara <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Actually, U-brakes were just a new name for an old design" centerpulls. Take a close look, they
> > are just centerpull brakes with a slightly different arm shape.
>
> To be fair, the U brakes mount to bosses on the forks rather than to a saddle which mounts to a
> bolt in the classic 'brake bolt' position. This must make them rather stronger and less flexible
> (and also probably lighter) than old-design centrepulls.
Centerpulls mounted on brazed-on bosses were pretty much the standard on randonee bikes and bikes
custom built for touring and such for a good few years. Those are basically identical to the
U-brake, although the latter was for some odd reason often mounted under the chain stays. I think it
was precisely the discussion of centerpulls on brazed-on bosses in the Rivendell Reader that sparked
this thread.