Canti brakes are in the Sept. 10 Blahg. On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 9:32:18 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote:
> Nice to see a new one (Blahg). > > Can anyone fill me in on Riv's proposed new cantilever brakes? Low or high > profile? Threaded or smooth post pads? This is more than academic interest, > because I'd like to replace the pretty but poorly performing Tektro CR 720s > on the Matthews road bike with something just as pretty but with more > retarding force, and I'd just as soon give my money to Rivendell. > > e-Bikes with rim brakes. Fun fact: back in the 1960s Honda, among others, > built 50 cc GP racing motorbikes with front rim brakes. These things were > outrageous; eventually they got 20 HP at 20K+ r's pm and over 100 mph from > an engine the size of a pill bottle. Wonderful! > > Patrick Moore, who remembers riding a HS friend's 50 cc Vespa with her on > back, which would not go 100+ mph. > > [image: image.png] > > > > > > *6. We continue to work on V-brakes (two models, one a backup for the > other), cantilever brakes, and a rear derailer. They will be --in my > opinion -- da way da big makers should be making them now but aren't. It is > entirely possible that we won't see these happen, but for now we're > pretending they will. We've put an embarassingly large sum of money-for-us > into them, and time, too.7. We're getting some new rims in about 15 months. > That's because we ordered them only seven months ago. That's what it's > like. But we'll get samples in a few months. We are extremely happy with > the rims we have, but we have to plan for extinction of things we like a > lot, because if we like them a lot, it means the higher volume mainstream > market doesn't know about them or appreciate them and in any case doesn't > buy them. The new rims are made for eBikes with rim brakes, believe it or > not. But they're PERFECT for touring, light trail, strong road...with tires > up to about 52mm.*-- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e2a19b8c-69ba-4c7b-bbb6-6241b7b4af51n%40googlegroups.com.
