Got it; thanks. On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 08/15/2016 07:21 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I've asked this question before in another context, but I'll ask it again > here, since the general question has been raised: if non-aero levers > require more force on the hoods, *not* because of the shape of the lever, > but because the leverage is less favorable > > > No, although I've never measured it, I don't think it's cable pull, but > rather where you're pushing on the brake lever with respect to where the > lever pivots. The pivot is very close to where your fingers rest when > you're trying to brake from the hoods, so the lever arm is very short, > meaning more force is required; and you're trying to do it with the muscles > you use when you're typing, the ones the make the fingers push down, rather > than the strong ones you use to squeeze something inside your fist. > > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
