Nut fitting Caliper brakes.

[avalon]

I am looking for a set of brake calipers with a standard nut fitting bolt, not the sunken allen key type. Does anyone know which post 1980 brakes are made this way. I have had Japanese ones in the past but am trying to avoid anything Jap at the moment.

Michael.

 

[David B]

I am looking for a set of brake calipers with a standard nut fitting bolt, not the sunken allen key type. Does anyone know which post 1980 brakes are made this way. I have had Japanese ones in the past but am trying to avoid anything Jap at the moment.

Michael.

I've certainly owned mid/late-80s bikes in the past with nutted Weinmann 500 brakes. Modolo are another European brand worth keeping an eye out for.

Hope this helps.

David

 

[Jonny69]

All of the older Weinmann ones I've had have been nutted.

 

[Midlife]

I'd second Modolo if you can find them. Ian hallam rode with them as a KP Crisps-SABA rider in the late 70's.

Nice brakes. I remember the Stratos version as they came in Gold, black, green, blue and red (i think)...... the blue ones were nice

Shaun

 

[avalon]

Have just bought some Weinmann 570 brakes from eBay. Found a few Campag and Modolo that had nut fittings but they all sold for stupid amounts of money.

 

[hamster]

SJS cycles do a replacement shaft for some brakes that allow conversion to nut fitting. Worth a browse perhaps.

 

[S1m0nR]

I'll third or fourth Modolo and Weinmann - I've got sets of both on my mid to late 1980s road bikes. Both are made of light weight alloy and work fine.

I've also got a few spare sets of Weinmann brakes in a box in my garage - drop me a PM if you'd like a set, you'll need to measure the drop you need as there are different length models.

Cheers...

 

[tonyf39]

I've a pair of NOS Shimano 105 long drop dual pivots with Nut fitting, rare as rocking horse shit

 

[Agency_Scum]

+1 for SJS Cycles.

 

[Lenton58]

Could I possibly be having a weird memory glitch ... or on the other hand did I see some nutted dual pivot side pulls in the 2012 DiaCompe catalogue. If so, this should come as good news. The short reach recessed version DA's on my Simplon work very well indeed and were very nicely priced.

Anther solution is a home-made drop bolt:

http://sheldonbrown.com/home-drop.html

Personally, I would not do it the way Sheldon did, but the idea is a start.