1970's peugeot brake levers
12-26-13, 06:33 PM
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1970's peugeot brake levers
is it easy to remove the extra arm coming off the brake lever ( not sure what its called) it run along the handle bars, useful occasionally, but butt ugly...
12-26-13, 06:39 PM
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Safety levers, turkey levers.... lots of names and many ways to detach them but might not be good for the brakes. Quite a few will leave a screw attachment sticking out the side. What make of levers are these ? Pics will be a plus !
12-26-13, 07:58 PM
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Older Weinmann levers can be modified, but you have to be comfortable completely disassembling them.
There are two different pivot pins inside the lever, one is longer and internally threaded on one end for the safety lever.
There are two different pivot pins inside the lever, one is longer and internally threaded on one end for the safety lever.
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Check under those black plastic caps at the pivot, I think there could be a screw or bolt under it that you could remove to take off the levers..... IIRC, those caps just snap on and off so maybe you could use a butter knife to pop them off.....
12-26-13, 08:22 PM
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12-26-13, 10:12 PM
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Yes indeed, more about that here: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...suicide-levers
I've performed this Turkey-wing-ectomy on scores of bikes. I generally did it to all my flips, and I've even had to do it on some higher-end bikes. - Not sure if they came stock or if the original owner had them installed, but IMO it's best to dispense with them because their flex greatly compromises stopping distance.
Some people argue that beginning riders (who often abjure the drops) are better off with the turkey wings than without (asserting that "some brakes are better than none") - but I think their presence just creates a very bad habit.
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12-27-13, 08:25 AM
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I learned a new word from that post.
12-27-13, 02:34 PM
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What Metacortex points out in the referenced thread is the way to go. Just a hacksaw will make quick work of it, and there is generally a step on the pivot which serves as your guide to flush them out with the brake lever body. This enables you to slip on some hoods w/o any unsightly bulge.
I've performed this Turkey-wing-ectomy on scores of bikes. I generally did it to all my flips, and I've even had to do it on some higher-end bikes. - Not sure if they came stock or if the original owner had them installed, but IMO it's best to dispense with them because their flex greatly compromises stopping distance.
Some people argue that beginning riders (who often abjure the drops) are better off with the turkey wings than without (asserting that "some brakes are better than none") - but I think their presence just creates a very bad habit.
Some people argue that beginning riders (who often abjure the drops) are better off with the turkey wings than without (asserting that "some brakes are better than none") - but I think their presence just creates a very bad habit.
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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
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
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
12-27-13, 03:21 PM
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12-27-13, 06:03 PM
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When Peugeots came with Mafac brakes as standard, they came without "comfort" levers. A local machine shop made a pivot kit that secured with a C clip. Easy to add them for a customer, knock out the press fit pivot pin, insert the aftermarket pin with the Dia-Compe extension lever kit, install the clip and done. A nice $15-18 dollar time of sale upgrade. Adding extension levers to plain Weinmann brakes required taking apart the lever- much more shop time.
Add a kickstand and a ******** Rack and there is where a shop back then made money. Not much on the bike as a "free service" came with it to take in stretched cable slack and note of the client could remember how you taught them to use a quick release skewer.
Add a kickstand and a ******** Rack and there is where a shop back then made money. Not much on the bike as a "free service" came with it to take in stretched cable slack and note of the client could remember how you taught them to use a quick release skewer.
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