jerrymoos wrote:
>
> (ctu) so maybe I'll meet my
> end when an ALAN frame or the Vitus I recently bought suddenly and
> catastrophically fals.
Never heard of failure like this. Cracks but not a life threating failure.
> The failure of an SIS housing may be a bit
> more likely than that, but a rupture of the housing won't necessarily mean
> complete loss of brake function, and even if it does, most bikes have TWO
> brakes. The likelihood that both front and rear brake cable housings will
> simultaneously fail (cut)
Have heard of this failure. When a brake fails, it would be because of a hard application and there is not enough recovery time to stop with the rear brake.
The point being it is a misuse of SIS housing so why do it? Seems contrary to me and a pretty pointless thing to discuss.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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