and now they have disc brakes On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:53:25 AM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 12/18/2013 09:30 AM, Ron Mc wrote: > > a tandem is the one place a rear disc is a big advantage. Long descents > on a tandem with rim brakes can heat the wheel enough to blow out a tire. > > > And back in the day, tandems had a drum brake on the rear wheel for just > that purpose -- a purpose for which, some have said, disk brakes are > unsuitable. > > >
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