Re: [CR]Bending brake arms

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:14:46 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Bending brake arms
In-Reply-To: <1c9f1cf715e990707444b1b9373c5b43@comcast.net>


At 09:28 PM 29/01/2007 -0500, Bianca Pratorius wrote:
>discovered that toe in can be created by by filing the back edges of
>the brake blocks.

Tapering the brake blocks or toeing them in both work. When you sand them you end up with less material at the back, therefore you'll get less wear out of them before you have to replace them. However, I doubt if anybody wears them down to the metal before replacement.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada