Re: [CR]Mafac two cable brake lever question

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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:25:21 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Mafac two cable brake lever question
References: <44D14C8D.3030909@cox.net> <44D1525E.5050506@optonline.net> <000f01c6b6aa$886e1890$0200a8c0@D8XCLL51> <44D27C02.8070009@cox.net>
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Harvey M Sachs wrote:
> The critical point is that tandems with two riders just don't flip over
> with the front wheel as pivot. Too much weight too far back. You may
> have seen or heard about some couple flipping over; I have not. Of
> course, sliding the front wheel isn't a good idea, either, but in
> practice I've often controlled speed with the front brake only on the
> tandems we've owned. Again, I just would emphasize my dislike for
> operating any two brakes with the same lever. On a desirability scale
> from 1 - 10, I'd put it at about minus 1.

Good points, all, but I don't dislike the dual-pull lever quite that much. It does take a pretty good grip to get effective stopping power, and well-adjusted brakes at all times but I've not had a problem with it yet -- only 20-some years now, though... :-)

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA