Thank you Bill. Makes sense, and makes me curious about asymmetrical rear brakes. Huh. Yet another topic to bring up whilst spilling a martini on a cocktail-party goer.
Cheers. John On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 8:27:16 PM UTC+5:45, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I remove the grub screws when using that hanger. There have been bikes > that had deliberately asymmetrical rear brakes (like 1990s Konas and > Voodoos, some Ritcheys), where a lockable hanger like this would be > helpful. But with "normal" symmetric setups, they are not necessary. Just > one would be plenty even in an asymmetric setup. Given most home > mechanics' tendency to radically overtighten everything, I worry about > people damaging their straddle cable by overtightening these unnecessary > grub screws. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 6:32:28 AM UTC-8, John Rinker wrote: >> >> Weird question, but I'm curious. >> >> The Tektro cable yoke has two grub screws to lock in the cable once it's >> positioned. Many cable hangers like Paul's moon units don't; presumably >> this allows the cable to self-center (or lose center?). Are the grub screws >> on the Tektro really necessary or even advantageous? >> >> >> [image: Image result for tektro cantilever brakes] >> PS. Best brakes ad ever. In the early 2000s the Avid Arch Supremes ran an >> ad in bike magazines with the tagline: 'Good brakes help you stop. Great >> brakes help you fly.' >> > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6a2f28c3-2519-4c31-a3f3-9ec404976a3d%40googlegroups.com.
