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03-18-12 | 10:16 PM

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FBinNY

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From: New Rochelle, NY

Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

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Originally Posted by DX-MAN

BTW, just a nitpick....

Linear-pull brakes do not mount in a single mounting hole, but on seatstays/fork legs, onto brazed studs. Linear-pulls are also known as "V-brakes".

You're mounting sidepulls.

Yeah he had me going at first, but as soon as he started in about holes instead of studs I knew he was talking about caliper brakes.

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