Brake

the cont known as Nigel Eaton says...

 

the cont known as Nigel Eaton says...

The glass is always half full.

As if I would ever use anything dirty on dear ol' yellow.

 

Whatever braking force you add at the rear will be negated by the lack of

My rear brake does lock up and I do use is like you suggest
to aid balance. I was only wondering if it was possible to do,
only to share the loads of braking out a bit. No other reason.

Cheers
taz.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking of.

Cheers taz.

 

taz composed the following ...

In that case I'd guess it's possible, see 'petrolcan's' link, but I doubt
it'd work well, or 'share anything out' at all. In fact I don't think that
setup is actually meant to brake, other than in a show .. The amount of
contamination from the chain ring to the brake pads would render them
useless within a very short time.

Actually I don't really understand what you mean by 'sharing the loads of
braking' ... Whatever you do, the rear brake will never [1] slow you down
any more than the front, or even get close to matching the fronts level of
retardation. The front brake _always_ slows the bike more quickly than the
rear will and the front will _always_ have more load on it as a result of
weight transfer etc.

What bike is it for? and where do you ride?

[1] Assuming forward motion ...

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember petrolcan

Did you get a cheque from that nice Mr Obangu?

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In that case I'd guess it's possible, see 'petrolcan's' link, but I doubt

Your right and I take your point. It was a general query as to
whether it would or could work and from the posts I have
received back, apart for show it seems unnecessary.

By that I just meant sharing the load over two callipers and on both sides
of the wheel. Just more surface area contact thats all.

I own a Kawasaki KMX which is my main bike.

I use it all the time as a toy. I use it for short trips to the shops and
such.
I live near the country and use it for going up and down lanes and
in two or three very big deep quarries. Its the quarries bit that I was
inquiring after.

Cheers taz.

 

1oz of timing is worth 10 oz of brake =)



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