mike.a.schwab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
aka Mike Schwab wrote:
> On Apr 30, 10:49 pm, TBerk <bayareab...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Obviously I would assume they could if you clamp down fast enough.
>>
>> I ask because I bruised some rib bones this week when I stomped the
>> front brake and *surprise* I found out later my front rim has a bubble
>> bend in it from (I guess) a pot hole at some recent time.
>>
>> Made for a ****tion of the rim that just wasn't going to get past the
>> brake pads, not while I was trying to actually use said brakes.
>>
>> It would seem a better setup would be one unaffected by a slightly
>> bent rim, or so I wonder.
>>
>> TBerk
>> it would have been funny if it hadn't hurt so much at the time
>
> Disk brakes have more stopping power and any such 'stomp' can result
> in a flip, not requiring any irregularities. Due to their design,
> re***bents are immune from such a flip.
Re***bents with PROPER weight distribution will skid the front wheel
instead of sending the rider over the bars. Some early bad designs, such
as the Hypercycle, would send the rider off the front under heavy
braking, and had too little weight on the rear wheel for it to provide
much braking.
I often wonder if the Hypercycle and its ilk are responsible for much of
the negative attitudes towards re***bents by certain riders. Certainly,
if a rider's only experience was the ill handling, poor climbing and
poor braking Hypercycle, they would not look kindly on re***bents as a
whole.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
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