Originally Posted by
stronglight
The illustrator, Daniel Rebour, makes specific note of the "extra long" brake cables which were fitted on this bike - to allow easy access to the bag opening.
Man, I never thought about that before.... but back in the 80 and early 90s, I had a Raleigh Rampar 14 touring bike that had extra long brake cables also. I never really gave it much of a thought, until you just mentioned it now. Weird. I guess this sort of became the norm for touring bikes?
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