Re: [CR]Shimano E disc brake on front of tandem

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:15:11 -0800
From: "Bob Freitas" <freitas1@pacbell.net>
To: sachshm@cox.net
Subject: Re: [CR]Shimano E disc brake on front of tandem
References: <454BF49A.3070204@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <454BF49A.3070204@cox.net>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Harvey M Sachs wrote:
> Bob Freitas wrote:
>
> Anyone ever seen or done this before?
> BOB FREITAS
> cloudy MILL VALLEY,CA USA
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> What a lovely Jack Taylor, creme de la creme for its era! That's the
> good news. There's more: the Shimano E disk brake, when set up
> properly, was a good brake. We used one on a Schwinn Town & Country
> tandem, and one on a T&C triplet. In back. One great advantage of a
> real disk brake is that nothing has to be disconnected to drop the
> wheel to change tires. The operating cable and the reaction assembly
> both stay with the bike.
>
> Still, I just won't even ride seriously on a tandem or triplet with a
> dished front wheel. The lateral forces on front wheels of these bikes
> are really seriously large. On "normal" descents, the "pinger" for
> our old-style odometer would miss strokes, because the spokes
> deflected so much (OK, I'll come clean: it had a track hub with narrow
> flanges pressed into front wheel duty). One day, riding with another
> couple who were riding a borrowed triplet with a Phil front hub, they
> taco-ed the front wheel. Trying to start, they got up a bit of speed,
> and suddenly turned the front wheel. It stopped, the bike kept going,
> and the wheel was an unfortunate victim of momentum.
>
> BTW, Jeff Archer at First Flight Cycles had a large supply of the "E"
> brakes and hubs, and it's not a bad way to go for mocking folks with
> modern disk brake set-ups.
> One more note: the first time I saw a disk brake on a tandem, it was
> a prototype Bill Boston, at TOSROV in 1975 or 1976.
>
> harvey "no connection to buyer, seller, or Shimano" sachs
> mcLean va
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> The setup for these is a 110mm front hub with fork legs bent accordingly so I dont think there is dish needed

BOB FREITAS
                                                    recently appointed INDUSTRIALIST in
                                                             MILL VALLEY,CA USA