Ok. What I saw was the leading edge as defined by direction of travel by the rim. So it matches the execution of your diagram, though your way is much simpler to say.
With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 3:51:06 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > Most people would call the edge that toes in the leading edge, as it is > toward the front of the bike. For example, > > "*Toe-in:* The angle that the rubber brake pad contacts the rim of the > wheel when the brakes are applied. It can be: flat, correct toe-in or > reverse toe-in. Flat is when the whole brake pad hits the rim at once. > Correct toe-in is when the leading edge of the brake pad hits first. > Reverse toe-in is when the trailing edge hits first." -- > https://www.bikeman.com/bicycle-repair-tech-info/featured-tech-articles/704-rim-brake-adjustment > > "The shoe should be set so that the front edge of the shoe contacts the > rim slightly before the rear edge. This is commonly called "toe-in." If > this is not set perfectly, normal pad wear will eventually even it out, but > braking will be less effective, and the brakes may squeal until the shoe > has worn in." --http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rim-brakes.html > > > "What is toe-in? It means setting up the brake pads so that the fronts are > closer to the rim than the rears." -- > https://janheine.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/a-better-way-to-adjust-toe-in/ > > > > On 02/07/2017 05:32 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > The trailing end of the pad toes in, so the dime goes between the pad and > rim at the leading end of the brake pad to create the gap at the leading > edge, toe-in at the trailing edge. > > > If you agree with my nomenclature, what you have is toe-out, not toe-in. > > > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 2:19:50 PM UTC-7, RichS wrote: >> >> Patrick, not to dispute the performance of your brakes - glad they're >> quiet now. But did you mean "trailing" end of the pad? Always thought >> that's where the "spacer" was positioned (as shown in the video Jeff >> provided). >> >> All the best, >> Richard >> >> On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 1:45:17 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> Since getting my new rims on the Hunqapillar, I’ve been fiddling with >>> the toe-in and squealing all the while. Then I found in Evernote the tip >>> from someone here to use a dime on the leading end of the brake pads to set >>> the toe-in properly”! After commandeering my two wee-est daughters to be my >>> third hand … silent brakes! Delicious! Great tip! Thanks! >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> www.OurHolyConception.org >>> www.MindYourHeadCoop.org >>> >>> > -- 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.
