Steve, I learned it from motorcycles, too. I run my rear brake with more travel than the front so it's hard to lock up, and use it as a drag brake on loose surfaces.* Which contributes to my attitude that I don't care much if it feels grittier than the front.
*This pops up a lot when I sell my bikes. I forget to readjust the rear brake and buyers tell me there's something wrong cuz the front and rear feel very different! On Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 11:12:45 AM UTC-7 steve...@gmail.com wrote: > Joe, at the risk of veering off into a discussion or braking technique, I > am curious how you control your speed when descending or cornering on rough > or loose surfaces. While I recognize that the majority of stopping power > resides in the front of the bike, I find the ability to modulate the rear > brake critical in those situations, and tend to wear out my rear pads long > before the front ones. Even in a straight line stop on level terrain I > find using the rear brake along with the front helps to keep the bike > settled by avoiding sudden loading of the front end. > > Admittedly, some of my approach may be a carry over from motorcycling, but > it works for me. > > Steve > On Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 11:38:37 AM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> You may get a little smoother (less gritty-feeling) action at the brake >> lever because the cable is making one less turn at the seat lug, but I'm >> not sure it's worth the bother. On my mixte and step-thru I adjust the >> spring tension at the rear brake to get a strong snap-back at the lever and >> it seems to overcome any stiction in the housing well enough* >> >> *YRMV, it bothers some folks more than others. I tend to use the rear as >> a "well it's there, I guess I'll pull that lever, too" option and think >> about the front brake as the one actually stopping the bike. The rear >> feeling a little different is something I mostly ignore. >> >> Joe Bernard >> On Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 4:28:13 AM UTC-7 krhe...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I currently have the standard cable routing for my rear cantilever >>> brakes. The cable and housing runs up the top low bar onto the seat tube >>> and up and over the seat stay into a cable housing guide off of the seat >>> post binder bolt. See first attached picture. >>> >>> My question is would there be less friction of having the cable and >>> housing run in the same route as above, except for having it run through a >>> DIA-COMPE >>> center pull cable pulley roller mounted off the the seat binder bolt with a >>> longer seat binder bolt ? See second attached picture. >>> >>> What are your thoughts and feedback ? >>> >>> Would there be any differences ? >>> >>> Thank-you, >>> Kim Hetzel. >>> [image: Nitto S83 Seat post 2mmm.jpg][image: xjeovlzsunac1mmmm.jpg] >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/15e1ab86-ff44-478a-88dd-47727721e7f1n%40googlegroups.com.
