Ballila Side Pull Caliper brakes
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Losgaintir
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An interesting thought time wise, as it appears to tie in, with what is believed to be the age of the Claud Butler frame and Conley or Constrictor rims !
Colin
An interesting thought time wise, as it appears to tie in, with what is believed to be the age of the Claud Butler frame and Conley or Constrictor rims !
Colin
Losgaintir
Devout Dirtbag
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No,
Thanks for the lead.
I am very pleased to note, that my older, alloy brakes, are"nice"
Hope they may be contemporary with the Claud Butler frame
Colin
No,
Thanks for the lead.
I am very pleased to note, that my older, alloy brakes, are"nice"
Hope they may be contemporary with the Claud Butler frame
Colin
Losgaintir
Devout Dirtbag
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Have just been carrying out more internet research ref. Gerry Burgess and G.B.
Interestingly all the brake calipers shown on the various websites, had the adjustment on the right hand side (if you are facing the brake from front or rear) mine are on the left. Can they be either side, or is this slightly unusual
Colin
Have just been carrying out more internet research ref. Gerry Burgess and G.B.
Interestingly all the brake calipers shown on the various websites, had the adjustment on the right hand side (if you are facing the brake from front or rear) mine are on the left. Can they be either side, or is this slightly unusual
Colin
more of the brake calipers are at Velobase
http://velobase.com/ListComponents.aspx ... 1ade640c69
The history of GB calipers are at
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/gb.html
The earliest GB brakes appear to be from late 1945. See the article at
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/de ... rakes.html
I have a set of the earliest GB calipers on my 1946 Hobbs
http://bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic ... 5#p1232036
Your brake levers appear to be the earliest design available from late 1945 and into the mid 1950s. The Superhoods appeared in the Holdsworth Aids catalogues in 1955 and the Standards continued to be sold.
http://threespeedhub.com/catalog-catego ... orth-aids/
Your levers are missing the brass adjuster. The cropping of brake caliper photo does reveal if there was any tension adjustment at the caliper end.
what is the date of the frame?
Philip
http://velobase.com/ListComponents.aspx ... 1ade640c69
The history of GB calipers are at
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/gb.html
The earliest GB brakes appear to be from late 1945. See the article at
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/de ... rakes.html
I have a set of the earliest GB calipers on my 1946 Hobbs
http://bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic ... 5#p1232036
Your brake levers appear to be the earliest design available from late 1945 and into the mid 1950s. The Superhoods appeared in the Holdsworth Aids catalogues in 1955 and the Standards continued to be sold.
http://threespeedhub.com/catalog-catego ... orth-aids/
Your levers are missing the brass adjuster. The cropping of brake caliper photo does reveal if there was any tension adjustment at the caliper end.
what is the date of the frame?
Philip
Losgaintir
Devout Dirtbag
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Many Thanks Philip and Shaun,
A wealth of information indeed.
Not sure about the age of my frame, but looks to be in the late 1940,s , early 1950,s period, thus fitting your time frame for the brakes. I would imagine that the immediate post second world war period, was a very interesting one from the production point of view. I guess you quite often had to go with what was available, rather than what you wanted.
All of the side pull calipers, bearing "Balilla" in script, have adjustment on the left, like mine. all of the G.B. marked ones are right hand adjustment.
Perhaps further arguement that these were very early imports
Colin
Many Thanks Philip and Shaun,
A wealth of information indeed.
Not sure about the age of my frame, but looks to be in the late 1940,s , early 1950,s period, thus fitting your time frame for the brakes. I would imagine that the immediate post second world war period, was a very interesting one from the production point of view. I guess you quite often had to go with what was available, rather than what you wanted.
All of the side pull calipers, bearing "Balilla" in script, have adjustment on the left, like mine. all of the G.B. marked ones are right hand adjustment.
Perhaps further arguement that these were very early imports
Colin
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