Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Santa Barbara
Bikes: SE Quadrangle, '82 Venus NJS, '03 Bianchi Pista, '86 P'sonic Mt Cat, Fat City Yo Eddy '91 + '93, B'cuda A2E, '86 Trek Elance 400, '88 Centurion D.Scott Expert, '88 Fisher Mt Tam (and no longer with me: SE OM Flyer, Umezawa/B-stone/Samson NJS)
the old version's mounting bracket is a bit harder to use/more complicated than the new one, but I think the arch part looks better. the bad part about it is that the brake is an old style single pivot with crappy pads. i am using the old bracket/arch with a modern 105 caliper on one of my bikes and it is great. finding an old version would require major luck or major work though.
the brackets aren't usually sold stand-alone, unfortunately. there are kits without the lever though.
the new version is great! the bracket and the caliper are both very high quality.