Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
... stopping wouldn't have been difficult 'cause the rear brake uses an open cable, so all I had to do was yank on the cable where it ran along the top tubes. ...
I didn't think you used the rear brake.
Actually, I sometimes use the cable yank trick on the UO-8 when waiting at red lights; makes a handly parking brake.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069