Hey r/Vintage_bicycles,
I recently picked up this 1974 Vita Sprint road bike from the original owner since 1974! Its incredibly clean. Wondering if anybody has any information on these brakes?
From what I could find, the Vita Sprint bikes were just Saint Etienne 10 speed road bikes that had been given branding by the American distributors. I believe only a couple hundred examples were sold. I just stripped everything off of the frame, nothing was seized or rusted, everything was able to be unscrewed by hand after the initial "break" with the wrench. The only thing that I was able to learn about these brakes is that they came out before any of the "Gen 1 Shimano Dura-Ace" stuff came out in the '70s, they're very clean. I will either sandblast or ultrasonic clean them to make them look brand new. I think they are also the original brake pads…
Does anyone have any info on these? Or anything about the Vita Sprints/Saint Etiennes?
by saintbrand