> > but no cheap, stamped steel, excessively long caliper with outmoded and > cheap pads pulled by flimsy cable from flimsy stamped levers on some ancient > Raleigh Sport or Schwinn Collegiate ever worked as poorly as even the best > set up rod braking system. And of course, they did not stay set up very > long: with all those pivots and linkages and clamped joints, in a very short > while even such braking power that they had was largely lost. The coaster > brake was a huge, quantum leap of improvement over two stirrup brakes. >
And, I forgot their third mortal sin, which you can imagine for yourself by taking a close look at a photo of said brakes and then, carefully, enumerating to yourself, under your breath, *all* the additional steps that would be needed to remove a wheel. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > Professional Resumes. Contact [email protected] > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
