On 2017-11-01 20:51, wrote:
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2:18:04 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 1:57:15 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 11/1/2017 3:39 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 12:35:34 PM UTC-7, Joerg
wrote:

A lever is never supposed to bottom out before the brake
force on respective wheel is maxed. If it did then he'd have
faulty brakes and I am sure he'd not have posted this. The
guys look like serious cyclists who know this.

How old are you again Joerg? With even the old Campy brakes it
was possible to bottom out the levers often without locking the
wheels.


Delta maybe but not the classic forged-arm sidepull.

Well adjusted, they had good stopping power -- particularly the
short reach. I used standard reach NR side-pulls on my touring bike
all the way across the US and on many tours. Great stopping even
fully loaded -- using some of the Scott-Mathauser brake pads. The
cooling fins made me go faster.

Four years ago when I was recovering and putting bikes together I had
a super record set on a steel bike of some sort and they would bottom
out bending the arms. Now they were long arm brakes but they did
bottom out.


If you could still turn the wheels while bottomed out do not ride that bike.

--
Regards, Joerg

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