Hey James, Looks like you got one of those smoke chrome Schwinns. I have one. Got it from a friend in trade for some bike work. Was her fathers. Don't know if he was the original owner or just acquired it. I haven't gotten to work on it with work and the many other bike projects. I do have some SunTour Rollercam brakes mounted on the back of my 1994 Bridgestone MB-1 retro ride with the use of an Odyssey U4 Brake Stiffener/Adapter plate. It allowed the use of Rollercam/U-Brakes on cantilever equipped bikes. I used this set up on my Bridgestone MB-0(Zip) when I initially built it from a frameset before switching to WTB cantis. I always liked Rollercams and was thrilled about the Odyssey plate. I had two sets of Rollercams, sold them for some reason, then repurchased at least one set. Mine stop well. I had to add a stiffener on the brake to help. Works better since I did that. I have a second Odessey U4 plate. No plans as of yet to use it. Too many canti brake options in my stash currently.
Thanks, Reginald Alexis On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 11:39:26 AM UTC-6 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/e2980ec4-c611-459a-b5a1-359a23480620n%40googlegroups.com.
