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> From: Bob Chmara <lists@emaildrop.biz>
> Subject: Re: [CR] drop... PADS ?
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> I've searched for something like this in the past but hadn't run across
> anything. I would wonder if there would be issues with the pad holder
> rotating since the braking force isn't on the same axis as the clamping
> force holding the pad to the break arm.
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> Bob Chmara
> Southfield, Michigan, USA
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The force is close to perpendicular, so I think it is not a big issue, tho I never rode with them on a bike... the tendency for the front end to move upwards, caused by friction and the fact that they hang down from their bolt (rotating around the bolt), might just be balanced by the tendency for the nose to move down caused by the curve of the rim... ? ? I really do not know... I'd say just make sure the bolt is tight ;-) thomas seaman Portland, Oregon U.S. of A. http://www.kokoPedli.com
> | I have here some drop-down brake pads... the case
> | that holds the shoe has a flat tab that sticks up with
> | a bolt to hold it onto a brake arm...
> | the bolt center is about 5/8ths of an inch above the
> | center of the pad...
> | Thomas Seaman
> | portland, oregon
> | U.S. of A.