I saw a ton of these hydro linear pull brakes in Germany last year on a visit
and some to a bike shop about them. Definitely commonplace and there didn't
seem to be any concerns about failure at least in a touring it commuting setup.
The same shop was also fairly dismissive about the need for
@Joe
It's not so much the line breaking mid-hill. It is the lack of being able to
repair a misshap while on tour. A line could get cut or broken for a number of
different reasons and likeky never when actually being ridden. A new line and
the right oil woukd be hard to find most places and
We sail down mountains with tiny slivers of metal clamped by a little bolt for
brakes. I don't think a hydraulic line busting is high on the list of braking
worries.
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Koga touring bikes can, I believe, be spec'ed with Magura brakes...
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> https://www.koga.com/en/bikes/trekking/collection/traveller.htm?frame=H
A bike tourist who came through town was riding his, heading for the west
coast (by Amtrak from Galesburg as his visa time limit was approaching),
then
When I was cycle touring in Colombia, I met a Belgian couple with Magura
hydraulic V brakes on their bikes. I questioned the husband about the logic of
hydraulics on V brakes and he claimed they were superb. Easy to modulate, very
sure and required little to know hand strength to brake
On 1/10/19 5:28 PM, Ash wrote:
For past 3 days I've been wondering about the use case for hydraulics
for anti breaks...
What is an "anti break"?? Now if you were trying to write
/cantilever brakes/ and lost a few letters along the way, that might
make sense.
Perhaps helps with
For past 3 days I've been wondering about the use case for hydraulics for
anti breaks...
Perhaps helps with finder issues (arthritis, injury..)
On Monday, 7 January 2019 15:05:20 UTC-8, Edwin W wrote:
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> Never knew about hydraulic cantis before. You learn something every single
> day.
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>
Yeah, no kidding. And here I thought I was being lavish with a custom
framebag and a dynamo system. I haven't seen too many rohloff'd Rivs, and
looking at the mounting system required, I can see why.
On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 1:33:56 PM UTC-8, Bob Lovejoy wrote:
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> No affiliation to the
https://www.magura.com/en/components/bike/rim-brakes/ Who knew.
On 1/7/19 6:05 PM, Edwin W wrote:
Never knew about hydraulic cantis before. You learn something every
single day.
Edwin
On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 3:33:56 PM UTC-6, Bob Lovejoy wrote:
No affiliation to the seller and
Never knew about hydraulic cantis before. You learn something every single
day.
Edwin
On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 3:33:56 PM UTC-6, Bob Lovejoy wrote:
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> No affiliation to the seller and have no knowledge of the bike... but
> wow!? Possibly the most lavished upon Clem in the world. Not
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