On Sunday I took a nice 20 mile bike ride on the Los Gatos Creek Trail on my Betty. At the end of the outbound leg, there are two steep climbs, one on dirt (avg. 16%) and one on pavement that is longer (avg. 13%).
The Betty is equiped with Tektro 4.1 reverse brake levers, a front Paul Racer brake and a rear Silver brake, both with salmon pads. On the way down, I realized I couldn't lock the wheels or come to a complete stop. The bike just kept rolling, even though I was pressing the levers as far as they'd go to the bars. On flats, you need much less pressure to come to a stop. Both front and rear brakes felt the same. Luckily, I wasn't forced to come to a full stop or I would have crashed. What gives? This is the first time this happens to me. Is it something on the setup I'd need to change? Fully perplexed, René -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
