Re: [CR] Rear brakes

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:05:23 +0000
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] Rear brakes


On 1/18/2011 8:50 PM, Jim Merz wrote:
> In the very early days of caliper brakes the arms were very flexible. It was
> possible to transfer the deflection of the rear caliper into the rear stays
> by making tabs that came very close to the stays. When the brake was used
> these tabs touched the stays, limiting the flex. In this case the brake
> needs to be mounted on the rear of the seat stays. Due to this convention it
> became "the way to do it".

I would think that the position behind the seatstays offering more neutral alignment with the rim would have played a large part too. -- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands