Ok, if he might not have known it would happen that way, then I don't feel like I need to deal with the karma of giving someone bad feedback for a $1 win that I didn't care that much about. Tons of other brakes out there for reasonable prices.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"