| Subject: | RE: [OBRA Chat] |
| Date: | 12/29/2004 04:48 AM |
| From: | Peter Drake |
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If you're fixed you're not required to have a rear brake, but if you have a freewheel of any sort you have to have one. I don't think you'd be able to sneak that kind of cheat past the eagle eyes of Candi. 102 inches? If Greg can crank that gear to a sub-30 at Jack Frost I'll buy him a bacon cheesburger. Apropos to the Renn disc, I've seen troubles with three of these having separations and they're not a tremendously responsive company... beware. Peter Drake FMCT Gregory Leblanc wrote: On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 19:44 -0800, Dan H wrote: who uses brakes in a TT? Exactly! Disk wheel on the back, 53x14 fixed gear, dummy break lever and caliper for the back (don't tell Candi that it doesn't work), caliper brake on the front, and you're good to go! Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: <cjgr-@comcast.net> To: <ob-@topica.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:14 PM Subject: [OBRA Chat] Duncan, I would be careful with the Renn. A teammate bought a new one this past year and on the 3rd ride the breaking separated from the rest of the wheel. Very dangerous. Wheel was totally unrideable. The Renn folks did replace it, but I have heard about similar issues with carbon wheels seperating from aluminum breaking surfaces, which the Renn has. Has to do with the heat generated while breaking, which causes the bonding material to loose its ability to adhere to the aluminum. Cruise Ebay for some older disks, you should be able to get one in the $ range you are looking for. To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to cmur-@obra.org To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to cmur-@obra.org To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com -- Gregory Leblanc <gleb-@linuxweasel.com> |
