I think Grant was referring to the danger of this force bending a fork that is not sufficiently stout - ie, designed for disk braking, and, second, the danger of this force pushing the axle out of the dropouts. I've heard that drum brakes too can crumple an insufficiently stout fork, and seen photos of fork legs so crumpled.
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:02 AM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > im no scientist, and ive never used disc brakes, but the argument that the > stopping force near the hub is too extreme doesnt really work in my head, > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
