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"Bob" wrote...
> When did Raleigh stop building 3-spd bikes with rod brakes ?
I remember seeing a 3-speed bike w/ rod brakes in Berkeley around 1980, it
didn't look that old at the time. The owner informed me that it was a copy
of the bicycle used by British postmen, so I'm guessing it was a Raleigh or
other British make. That would put rod brakes in production until about the
mid '70s in the UK.
Nitto apparently still supplies rod brakes for Japanese postal service
bikes, so they're still around.
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