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Mafac cantilever straddle cables
On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 5:59:20 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 8/8/2018 12:14 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 08/08/18 01:00, Mark J. wrote: Hi all, I'm renovating an ancient bike with 70's Mafac cantilever brakes. I just want to replace the cables*, and the straddle cables gave me a quandary. Mafac straddle-cable ends are old-style gearshift cable lugs, and there's a fitting they goes into to engage the brake arm. In the old days, we'd replace the straddle with any good gear shift cable (Campy's were generally beefier), but modern index-shift gear cables seem a bit fragile for brake work. Thoughts? Mark J. *The brake shoes were replaced long ago with Cool-Stop ?Eagle claws?, so that's covered. Mafac pads were a bit of a fright. Gear cables are a lot thinner. I'd get a normal brake straddle and grind the lumps off until they fit. The hole in Mafac transverse anchors is small for a standard brake wire, then or now. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 That ad for straddle cables also showed an ad at the bottom for the old Rene Hersh type of set-up. |
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