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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
rootboy
I wonder why this is, Noglider? Of course, must be something to do with the design of the lever itself but being no engineer I can decipher why the leverage would be worse than the MAFAC levers. And I haven't really put my Uni 61's to enough of an acid test I guess, to notice much difference.
I can easily lock the back wheel and even the front with some effort with my Mod. 61s. Nothing like the dual pivot Veloce brakes on my modern Bianchi but I'd say good enough.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista