Thanks Ted. Your logic is sound. I might try some road pad holders with Kool Stop Dura 2 inserts when I feel like having a play with the brakes again. They look like they have a slightly narrower pad contact width too.
Regards, Daniel > 23/5/2025 12:06、Ted Durant <[email protected]>のメール: > > > >> On May 22, 2025, at 8:15 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ted, Jason: >> The problem isn't so much the width of the rims, but the height of the brake >> track > I see in the photos you have Paul brakes with long pads. My experience has > been with Silver/Tektro dual-pivot brakes with short road pads. So there are > two possible contributing factors. One would be flexing of the Paul caliper > arms, which would be greater than what you’d experience if the brake calipers > were directly mounted to the frame. I don’t know if they flex more than the > dual-pivot brakes I have used. Some people have complained about the amount > of flex but I never felt it was an issue. > > The second issue would be the long brake pads. Out the gates, those pads will > need more brake track height because they are straight and the brake track > curves. In addition, the greater length means the ends will travel farther > than the ends of short pads for a given amount of caliper flex. > > If it were me I’d try some short road pads on those brakes. > > > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/NpWJdCwSr0w/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/B324A569-B2D3-454F-A2C0-9B4D5BF33975%40gmail.com. -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/B8F7C0D0-6A8E-4168-97D4-5CB573511BEC%40gmail.com.
