what wheels? and what brakes?.....oooh and what post/stem?

[PurpleFrog]

Bike looks great! I'm building a drop handle Kona Lava Dome up. I found c. 1990 NOS Pedersen Self Energizer brakes for it on ebay - and the seller has more. These are love-hate brakes; do a forum search. (Set-up right, on a bike that likes them, they can reputedly lift a tandem's rear wheel off the ground with braking force...) I'm not sure what colours the guy has and the brakes are front and rear specific - you might have to accept a mis-match. PM me if you want an intro.

thanks
the drop bars were only put on because they had the only short pull levers i could find(for free). i like them so much now im going to keep them.

IS this the seller?
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PEDERSEN-SE-SEL ... 286.c0.m14
when i spoke to him he didnt have a purple set. it appears he does now. hmmmmm, tempting, except the purple ones look forged while the silvers are cnced?

Yes, same seller. Can't comment any more because I'm still waiting for mine - the auction only ended a few days ago. Chris and Utahdog say Pedersons are the business though, and they're the type of guys who would know.

 

[PurpleFrog]

And another Aussie here also. I'm in Sydney.
I recon some control tech cantilevers would look good. I agree the paul stuff is nice but the control techs also use V pads. I have just taken mine off my road bike (1986 shogun team issue) and will put them on a Rocky mountain that has cable hangers for canti's. My road bike will end up with the V's.
Here is a pic for you.

Serious looking hardware at the yoke - is that standard with these brakes? What does the spring do?