Well considered as usual Bill. Another advantage of the hydraulic setup is not
needing to order a tandem brake cable and hope it will make it all the way to
the caliper. The cable works fine for me, but probably because I don't have a
hydraulic setup to compare it to. Ignorance is bliss.
I've t
Carl at Tuolomne Bikes indicated his rear disc is a captain brake and his
stoker gets to operate the rear rim brake. He says one of the reasons is
to delay the wearing out of the sidewalls of the rear rim.
I'm not super worried by the rim-wear part of it, but I think that would be
a swank se
Bill, great bike! Tandem Riv with discs makes sense.
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 8:24:27 PM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote:
> Mike in SLO asked if my stoker rear brake is full hydro.
>
> It is a full hydro Shimano model. I don't think Shimano makes a
> cable/hydro hybrid brake. I don't know i
Mike in SLO asked if my stoker rear brake is full hydro.
It is a full hydro Shimano model. I don't think Shimano makes a
cable/hydro hybrid brake. I don't know if Shimano makes a cable actuated
disc either.
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 8:12:46 PM UTC-8 Mike
Bill
Is the disc brake cable actuated hydraulic piston/brake or is it full
hydraulic?
Mike SLO CA
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 12:11:15 PM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote:
> Patrick Cronin went on to ask: " Do you prefer to have the stoker feather
> the rear disc brake rather than have the C
Patrick Cronin went on to ask: " Do you prefer to have the stoker feather
the rear disc brake rather than have the Captain feather using the
V-brakes? How do you handle this with communication/commands? "
There is no protocol in place yet, because I haven't ridden the bike in
this configuratio
Patrick Cronin said: " I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on how that
hydraulic lever/caliper works as a tandem brake compared to a drag brake
set up. "
My thoughts are that those are all valid brake configurations. Choose the
brake configuration you want to choose. Try to be happy with th
I switched mine so the (cable) disc is the main brake. If 650B rim brake
rims are going to go extinct, I don't see any point in wearing one out, and
the back of a tandem takes a lot of the braking load. I think you could
replace lots of discs and pads for the price of rebuilding the wheel. The
Bill,
I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on how that hydraulic lever/caliper
works as a tandem brake compared to a drag brake set up. My HHH has a Paul
Klamper linked to a DuraAce bar-end shifter on the stoker's bosco end. The
captain's controls are XTR V-brakes like yours. My stokers are use
