With apologies, I've got a comment on roller cam brakes relevant to the OP. I worked at a Schwinn shop those days and assembled many many new bikes. I think roller cam brakes are really cool and work well if the posts are lined up with one another. Unlike pretty much any other post mount brake, roller cams are less forgiving when the posts are not parallel and level with one another. If they actuate smoothly, then great. If they don't actuate smoothly, and that's because the posts aren't lined up with one another, there may be no fixing it, short of getting new posts installed. It's pretty rare that they are really bad, but I've seen lemons out of Schwinn in those days.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 9:39:26 AM UTC-8 James wrote: > This isn't a Rivendell related question, and for that I apologize, but > ya'll are the most bike-savvy people I "know". I see a lot of value in a > cheap, knock-around, lock-up-anywhere bike, so I have my eyes on a local > Schwinn High Sierra. It has roller-cam brakes and I have know experience > with those. What is yawls experience with roller-cam breaks and due to the > placement of the mounts on the frame, what other brakes may be compatible? > The mounts seem higher on the frame than cantilever mounts. Would center > or side-pull brakes work? What other options do I have? Thank you > > Picture: https://imgur.com/0IqjRl1 > -- 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/2fb2961d-399e-4eb0-801b-d42099e24bb0n%40googlegroups.com.
