Thomas -- I have a '99 59 cm LongLow made for side/center-pull brakes. Others on this list will know better than I do, but I think pre-production means that the frames were made in standard sizes/configurations (not custom) but not necessarily in runs of sizes as they were later by the Toyo shop in Japan. My LongLow was built by Joe Starck and painted by Joe Bell.
Canti brakes are good. They can offer more clearance for fenders and/or larger tires, and some think they have better stopping power than sidepulls. That may be, but both kinds of brakes are good, and I wouldn't shy away from a frame like the one now on CL in SF because it was made for cantis. -- Forrest (Iowa City) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ty_9fLF0WVYJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
