Got it. Many thanks, Kevin On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 6:14:54 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Basically, that the retarding force of the pads is in linear relationship > with the force applied to the lever, or to the travel of the levers. With V > brakes and mechanical discs, more than cantis in my experience, the > relationship is less linear -- you pull the lever and get a certain > retarding force; you pull a bit more and the brakes seem to grab. But also > in my experience, even when you can feel this, it is not always a real > problem, though it might be in certain situations, as in fast downhill > cornering at the limit where your tires are at the limit of adhesion, and > where even a little too much additional braking force can cause them to > lose traction. > > Practically speaking, for myself (I never corner at the limit at speed, > one reason being that I ride fixed on the road), the greatest benefit to > nice brake modulation is that it just feels so darned nice! Those > Rivendell-installed IRDs were just wonderful in that regard, and very > surprisingly powerful since my own experience of cantis up to that point > was largely that they didn't stop very well, at least with drop bar levers. > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lindsey <lindse...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> What exactly is "modulation" when applied to brakes? I've seen the word >> used - and have used it myself, truth be told - but never really seen a >> good definition. >> Thanks, >> Kevin Lindsey >> Alexandria, VA >> >> >>
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