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Title: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: othomas2 on July 08, 2008, 10:28 AM

Someone on RB.com posted some pics from this magazine... JAN 85 - 'Best of 84'

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/dd252/BENDYCAT/SNC17543.jpg)

Was lookin' at this pic...  & was a little confused....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/dd252/BENDYCAT/SNC17562.jpg)

Ruffell using 901's :? ... and the levers look modern too... ??? What's going on...

I looked in the 86 dia-compe catalogue to find these calipers were present ... were these made then ?

cheers
O

Title: Re: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: JT71 on July 08, 2008, 10:53 AM

well they are defo mid to late 80's brakes the 901s. now we know they date from 86. lol.

levers could be tech 6 couldn't they?

and it would appear that some racers used front brakes bitd too.

Title: Re: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: JT71 on July 08, 2008, 10:54 AM

got a load of 901s here, the blues ones have a circle on the back and "85" stamped in the centre. could
be the year.

Title: Re: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: retrorider.u.k on July 08, 2008, 05:11 PM

the back 901 shattered when he tried to stop after bunnyhoping 25 people at the coventry leisure centre xmas show 84 i think was the year. ;)

Title: Re: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: mark 2 on July 08, 2008, 07:59 PM

This question was asked before when 901's came out, I think it was November 84 the earliest ad I could find for them. The levers are Tech 5's came out around the same time.

Title: Re: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: jimmyp on July 08, 2008, 08:17 PM

He may have been pairs of these to test for dia compe  ;)

Title: Re: Andy Ruffell...
Post by: Lazarou on July 08, 2008, 08:56 PM

That mag is for sale here.... ::)


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