[CR]Now: Pointless discussion Was: SIS housing misuse

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2002)

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:00:46 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Now: Pointless discussion Was: SIS housing misuse

jerrymoos wrote:
>
> (ctu) so maybe I'll meet my
> end when an ALAN frame or the Vitus I recently bought suddenly and
> catastrophically fals.

Never heard of failure like this. Cracks but not a life threating failure.
> The failure of an SIS housing may be a bit
> more likely than that, but a rupture of the housing won't necessarily mean
> complete loss of brake function, and even if it does, most bikes have TWO
> brakes. The likelihood that both front and rear brake cable housings will
> simultaneously fail (cut)

Have heard of this failure. When a brake fails, it would be because of a hard application and there is not enough recovery time to stop with the rear brake.

The point being it is a misuse of SIS housing so why do it? Seems contrary to me and a pretty pointless thing to discuss.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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