From: "John Beamish" 

My 3-speed Raleigh had a braking mechanism on the front wheel that wasn't
cable-based but was a series of rods (and a couple of pivot points) that
transferred the pull on the brake handle to the pinchers on the front tire.

"Alan Cairns"  wrote in message
news:BCAE23A2.6C515%alancairns{at}dccnet.com...
>
> In my teens I had a Raleigh 3 speed bicycle, with the mechanism all hidden
> inside the rear hub. I rode all over Scotland on that thing. We stayed in
> Youth Hostels. You brought your own sheets, and had to do work (like sweep
> the kitchen floor) before you could check out.
>
>
> Alan
>

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