Lengthening them seemed to work. I can lock up the rear wheel now, while before it was more of a speed modulating device.
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Deacon Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Stock Tektros. I will check the alignment, and get Kool Stops put in and > see where things are. David, you lengthened the straddle cable? Isn't that > the opposite of what Sheldon says to do for greater mechanical advantage? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:49:26 PM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > >> My QBs (two) came with crappy Shimano cantis, not crappy Tektros. I put >> on Kooool Stops on the first one to compensate. On the second (current) >> one, I raised/lengthened the straddle cable and it's worked pretty well. >> Koooooooool Stops are on stand-by though. >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Jim M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:35:10 PM UTC-7, eflayer wrote: >>>> >>>> maybe crappy brakes. what ya got? >>>> >>>> I'd agree with this if they are the Tektro's that came stock on QB's. I >>> never found them better than adequate, and on steep dirt trails they kinda >>> hinted at stopping. Paul's Neo-retros were the answer for me. >>> >>> jim m >>> wc ca >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
