Wanted Shallow drop steel calipers

[bikeworkshop]

I'm after a pair of nice quality, good condition steel brake calipers, for my curly. I've nearly managed to make a complete lightweight bike without any aluminium alloy, but the final couple of parts are proving difficult.

 

[gilmo789]

left field option,
no relation https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/22615275...oZoRevTpZIkFQXBfws36Uijd4=|tkp:Bk9SR9yR0rXeZA

 

[bikeworkshop]

It's true that this was a short drop option, but the curly's paintwork is too good to fit resilion - and almost all the parts are in near new cosmetic condition

 

[walkmanman]

Monitor brakes may suit your bike. I have a set (possibly two) but I doubt either set would be in mint condition, although I recall the chrome on them was nice. Also- Grip-It aren't so well known, but certainly better looking than the standard Raleigh or unbranded steel brakes seen so often on many bikes from this era. I'm sure I have a set of these, too.

 

[bikeworkshop]

That sounds promising - please post a pic if you find time and the brakes the brake caliper seems to be the first part that became alloy, pre-war even.
And a deep drop was pretty ubiquitous.
I'm using resilion levers btw

 

[walkmanman]

Glad to help. Although you should know that I've quite recently moved house (and also have separately moved garages, where most of my bike stuff is stored) and am in the process or reorganizing all my bike kit- so really, it will be a case of my managing to come across the brakes during this process, rather than my specifically trying to sift through everything to find them. It may well take a few weeks before I'll have any news for you on the outcome, and after that you may still be disappointed in the condition of the brakes, considering you seem to want kit to match the near new kit already on your bike.