My 1996 Waterford-built All-Rounder has a fender mount under the
brake bridge, so the issue is not that they are not capable of doing
it. If they are using a solid cast brake bridge, that may be the
issue- there is nowhere for the end of the bolt to go. The bridge on
my A/R is a bit of tubing so it is hollow and the nose of the bolt
has a space to go into.
On Sep 4, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Earl Grey wrote:
Yeah, I've heard/read that, too, somewhere, but it don't make sense to
me. The brake bridge looks to me like a pre-manufactured piece that
gets brazed in place after its holes have already been made. I assume
that the frame gets held at some point by this brake bridge, but how
one extra little hole would make that impossible, I can't imagine.
On Sep 4, 2:09 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <[email protected]>
wrote:
Saw somewhere on the group that Waterford's frame-building process
involved holding the frame in such a way as to make it difficult to
drill and/or thread the fender 'boss under the bridge. Merely
parroting; I don't know enough to know whether this makes sense.
But I
do like appearing knowledgable!
On Sep 3, 11:03 am, Earl Grey <[email protected]> wrote:
Not sure about the Sam forks. I think the Hunqa forks were
supposed to
be Toyo-built. That said, I have a first run (Taiwanese?) Sam
(bought
Sept 09), which has the 3 dot fork crown, slender fork blades, and
cantilevers (but has the seatstay bridge with the hole underneath
for
direct fender mounting w/o sliding bracket). For what it's worth,
but
it's curious that my Taiwan Sam is more similar to the Waterford Sam
than the Taiwan Sam in the photos.
I love my Sam, and while I agree that all the changes are trivial, I
personally do really appreciate the ability to mount a rear fender
directly. Don't know why Waterford won't use those seatstay bridges.
On Sep 2, 2:03 am, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
Did I read somewhere that the Maxway frame uses a Toyo built
fork? Toyo did a
fine job on prior forks, so one wonders why the one pictured by
Bryan seems
"stockier."
To be honest, both bikes look great to me. I like the paint on
the Maxway a bit
better, but agree that the Waterford crown is nicer.
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