Originally Posted by
tiger1964
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to the OP for the give-away!
Yes, props to OP, and apologies for thread hijack!
Wow, must be some bolt! I just went to the parts bins, dragged out the 500's that I rode in the 1970's, the brakes (along with Universal levers) that kept me from the $$$ for Campy at the time. With the regular bolt, but the long aluminum-finned Matthauser pads -- 149g.
I think Mathauser finned pads are a bit heavy compared to the cheap-ass folded sheetmetal ones that came stock on the Weinmanns.
I also replaced a few little nuts, that I think are chrome-plated brass (?) or maybe steel on a stock Weinmann, with alu nuts. Milligrams saved!
My co-worker who bought a Teledyne in about '74 couldn't afford Campy (we both worked as bike mechanics...) so he used 500s, which he also drilled a string of holes in! Probably saved about as much weight as a paper clip, but it was pretty cool, I'll admit. A lot of the cheap parts he used were way lighter than Campy, and his Pivo stem was way lighter than a Cinelli. I think he used a Shiba-Western plastic seatpost that was about half the weight of a Campy and cheaper. Maybe a Nylfor headset? Also half the weight of Campy. Jubilee derailleurs. Fiamme Yellow wheels were pretty light back then too, not as light as carbon but lighter than most modern alu rims. Not cheap but not too expensive either. Tires was the only place you really had to shell out for the lightest.