On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Ron MH <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, but I bet you don't have a rear brake with those horizontal ends > (not, that I ever use the brakes, let alone the rear one on my fixed > 'beam). ;-) > > Not on my present bikes, but I've run calipers and cantis with horizontals and their angle to the chainstay keeps the pads on the rim when you move the wheel back and forth -- another advantage to horizontals compared to most track ends like those on my Monocog.
Actually, I gave up rear brakes on fixies when I used an ENO hub (which has an eccentric axle and thus moves the wheel up and down as it moves back and forth) to convert my first Riv and faced exactly this problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
