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Oh, nice tandem, by the way!

Very kind of you to say so. I am rather pleased with it but slightly apprehensive about getting used to it at the same time.

Yes, Shimano is a possibility. It looks to be the same general pattern as this 1970's one on EBay but is quite different in detail. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Early-Shimano-Dis ... 4541960650

Cheers

Hi All

I'd be greatful for any info on a tandem disc brake. I have just bought a ~1950 Claud Butler utra short wheelbase tandem. The seller gave me a brand-new rear disc brake which, while old, is certainly not as old as the bike. It has no makers mark but it says "self-energising disc-brake". The disk is stamped "stainless, Japan". My questions are.

Is it any good and is it worth fitting?
Is it so old that spare pads might be a problem?
Who made it?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Yours, a tandem novice

geomannie

I bought one a few years years ago and its perfect for me. The quality isn't brilliant but on the odd occasion when you need that special tool, chances are the Lidl tool box will have it and it will work. I don't think that the tools would stand up to professional useage but for the tinkerer like me pretty damn good at the price.

SteveKent wrote:It's not the riding position, it's just that with her small hands, (and age ), she is now unable to brake fully with them on the hoods, she has to go to the drops to brake.

Steve

My wife had the same problems for the same reasons and we have been full circle. We initially put on flat bars but they proved uncomfortable for longer distances (she was fixed to one riding position) and when we went for a re-build we reverted to drops. However, we put on a long quill stem (Technomic Deluxe, http://www.hubjub.co.uk/nitto/nitto.htm ) and put on what I know as cylclocross brakes (same as interupter brakes?).

The combination of the longer quill stem and the small brake levers on the bar tops made my wife a lot more compfortable and more confident in braking. She is very pleased with the result. I attach a picture.

Cheers

Yes please. I have just bought the nearest modern equivalent I can find http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.p ... a750-strad but they will need a lot of filing and brake adjusting to make them fit/work. If you can find your old ones please email me at ge0mannie@g00glemail.com (replace zero's with o's) and I will send you a stamped addressed envelope.

Many thanks

531colin wrote: freebooter wrote:These are a bit shorter at 110.

http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.p ... a750-strad



I think they are worth a try, could save a lot of time!!
From your brake photo, the wire could do with being shorter, or the blocks further "in" on their studs

They look good and a heck of a lot of work and effort saved, and only £1.50/each! I'll try these first before going for plan B.

Cheers to all

Thanks All,

Much as I had feared, obsolute componenets. The links to the solderless nipples are appreciated but they are given as out of stock at SJS. ianb suggested using a straddle wire with barrel nipples but I can only find wires with a nipple at one end. Are ~123mm straddle wires with barrel nipples each end available?

Alternatively, I am quite happy to bodge but brakes are safety critical components. I have found these nipples http://www.feked.com/ball-type-cable-nipple-1-4.html but they require soldering. I doubt that standard electrical solder would be strong enough and imagine that silver solder or braze would be better. Anyone any tips on soldering nipples onto brake cable, safely?

Cheers

Hi All

I'd be grateful for any pointers on old Peugeot centre pull brakes. I've recent acquired an old (1970's?) Peugeot 531 framed bike with the original centre pull brakes. These brakes are branded as Peugeot. I am slowly refurbishing the bike and would like to replace the straddle wires but these are a type I've never seen before or can find on the net.

The wires are about 123mm long (end to end including nipple) but the nipples are not the standard type, comprising metal spheres roughly 5mm in diameter. These are very different to the standard straddle wires that I know (e.g http://www.wiggle.co.uk/transfil-shiman ... ddle-wire/). I attach pictures of the rear brake and a close-up of one of the wires?

Can anyone help, especially with locating new ones?

Cheers

geomannie

Thanks

I have now found the screw by pulling back the hood is all directions but it wasn't obvious. I still have no idea which particular model of Ultegra it is but I suspect 6700. Not too bothered. It works.

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Hi

I have newish Ultegra STI levers on my bike (assembled for me last May) and I want to change the bars. To do this I obviously need to remove the levers which happen to be Ultegra but I am b******d if I can find the releasing screw. I have been to the Shimano technical documents site http://techdocs.shimano.com/techdocs/index.jsp where I see that different Ultegra models have different mounting screw location, though none that I see seem to correspond to mine.

Can anyone tell me where I can find the model number on the levers as I can't seem to find it. Failing that, where might the mounting screw be located given that its for a compact double.

Many thanks

Hi Antonish,

Many thanks for putting me onto the Selle Italia trans am XO. I now own 2 and very comfortable they are aand a very resonable price (*). Makes me wonder why I ever thought Brooke were good?

Cheers

(* £16.80 delivered from http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Selle-Italia-XO-T ... 44ffed8012 )

Hi Antonish,

Is this the saddle you mean?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Selle-Italia-XO-T ... 44ffed8012
Price looks good.

Cheers

Bob

Hi All,

I'm giving up on the Brookes. In fact, I'm finding that virtually any saddle on any of my bikes, adjusted up-down, fore-aft, tilted front-tilted back, is giving me numb willie syndrome, to a greater or lesser extent. I'm guessing that it might be an age thing, due to my developing prostatitis. Has anyone else found that prostate enlargement causes discomfort while cycling?

In any case, it seems like a good idea to find a saddle that's specifically designed to relieve pressure on the perineum. I have found the Rido saddle http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... e-09-34727 and the vastly expensive Selle SMP http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Sear ... andIDs=734 which seem to fit the bill. Can anyone comment on either of these or offer any other suggestions?

All comments and suggestion gratefully received.

Cheers

I have 36 hole rear and 32 hole front as recommended by Big Al. That was good enough for me.

If thats Big Al as in Wheelcraft, Clachan of Campsie, then I too have 36 rear and 32 front because thats what he recommended to me also. That was good enough for me too.