Like brake lever pull, BB width, headset diameter, rear hub OLD. Standards seem to exist for others to deviate from.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 5:03:29 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > So because there is a different standard for bottom bracket threading to > British, British BB threading is no longer a standard? > > If you want to use the Herse brakes, distance between posts should be: 62 > - 84 mm. According to discussions I've seen on the forums, back in the > heyday of cantilever brakes on MTBs Shimano decreed that posts would be > 80mm apart. Evidently in the past (perhaps even distant past) that spacing > had been 60. The modern standard is 80mm, and it's said all the brakes > designed in the last 25 years are built for that. > On 4/15/19 4:52 PM, Garth wrote: > > > Sorry Steve, no standard. A standard to be a standard must be universal, > independent of brands of parts, frame or builder. British BB threading, > that's a standard. > > > On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 3:41:21 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> There is a standard, it's just that not everybody has followed it. Most >> cantilever brakes try to incorporate a lot of adjustability to compensate >> for that. Since the Herse brake is primarily intended for custom bikes, >> the expectation is the builder will adhere to the published >> specifications. In that context, it's a reasonable expectation. Obviously >> that doesn't work really well for retrofitting onto an existing frame made >> with any old whimsical canti post spacing. However, it's not too likely >> you'd be putting brakes that cost that much on such a frame in the first >> place. >> On 4/15/19 3:21 PM, Garth wrote: >> >> -- > 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-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
