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need scott self energizing brakes
need scott self energizing brakes
hi there, I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Thank you, Limahl please reply by email: ylimahlAThotmailDOTcom -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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need scott self energizing brakes
limahl wrote:
need scott self energizing brakes hi there, I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Try www.sjscycles.com BTW: I have them on the back of my tourer. They make very little difference to stopping power. -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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need scott self energizing brakes
I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes.
Try www.sjscycles.com BTW: I have them on the back of my tourer. They make very little difference to stopping power. They shouldn't make a whole lot of difference on the rear brake, since it generally doesn't take that much power to skid a rear wheel. The front brake is where superior braking power may be required... unless it's a tandem. I used the self-energizing brakes on my tandem and found they definitely improved braking power (but please note you need to take them apart to clean & grease them from time to time; otherwise they'll work worse than a normal brake). --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com "Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message ... limahl wrote: need scott self energizing brakes hi there, I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Try www.sjscycles.com BTW: I have them on the back of my tourer. They make very little difference to stopping power. -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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need scott self energizing brakes
"Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles" wrote in message m... I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Try www.sjscycles.com BTW: I have them on the back of my tourer. They make very little difference to stopping power. They shouldn't make a whole lot of difference on the rear brake, since it generally doesn't take that much power to skid a rear wheel. The front brake is where superior braking power may be required... unless it's a tandem. I used the self-energizing brakes on my tandem and found they definitely improved braking power (but please note you need to take them apart to clean & grease them from time to time; otherwise they'll work worse than a normal brake). Scott SEs work like a champ in certain applications! Tandems being the best use. If you can find some, buy extra! Mike --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com "Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message ... limahl wrote: need scott self energizing brakes hi there, I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Try www.sjscycles.com BTW: I have them on the back of my tourer. They make very little difference to stopping power. -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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need scott self energizing brakes
Limahl who? writes:
I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Thank you, You might consider why such brakes are no longer offered. We have had long discussions here on the merit of such brakes. Being a rider who demands much from brakes and have worked in automotive brake design, I can assure you that the self energizing brake is an invitation to crash for bicycling because the ratio between application force (hand lever) and braking effect is unpredictable. For this reason disk brakes were introduced on passenger motor vehicles. Trucks still use drums because they must dissipate far more power with their huge surface cooling. However, they make the long black dual skid marks commonly seen on highways for lack of control. Non-linear (self energizing) brakes are a significant safety hazard for bicycles and motorcycles and a moderate one for double track vehicles. Old timers will recall how drum (self energizing) brakes on cars occasionally locked solid and skidded to a stop from a light touch on the brake pedal. please reply by email: ylimahlAThotmailDOTcom Please read the newsgroup. Jobst Brandt -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles wrote:
I'm looking for a set of 80's scott-peterson self energizing brakes. Try www.sjscycles.com BTW: I have them on the back of my tourer. They make very little difference to stopping power. They shouldn't make a whole lot of difference on the rear brake, since it generally doesn't take that much power to skid a rear wheel. The front brake is where superior braking power may be required... SJS Cycles (and Andy's Bikes - www.andysbikes.com, where I got mine from) have the Suntour XC brakes, where only the rear brake is SE. A front SE brake might well be a cheap way to get a flying lesson, which as I understand it is why Suntour's lawyers declined to make them. The original Pedersen brakes are SE front and rear, but finding them would be a neat trick these days. -- David Damerell Kill the tomato! -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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David Damerell wrote: A front SE brake might well be a cheap way to get a flying lesson, which as I understand it is why Suntour's lawyers declined to make them. The original Pedersen brakes are SE front and rear, but finding them would be a neat trick these days. That's largely a myth. I ran Scott SEs on the front of my mountain bike for years without ever going over the bars. The brake can be made less powerful by lengthening the straddle cable. They were powerful brakes, but regular cantilevers (properly adjusted) worked fine too; v-brakes being a better choice today. -- Mike DeMicco (Remove the REMOVE_THIS from my email address to reply.) -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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