Posted by The Older Gentleman on January 8, 2007, 2:02 pm
> I would ride the Water Buffalo 100 miles every day of the week in those
> days, putting 25K miles a year on the machine while exploring all the
> canyon roads leading to the beaches, but my average speed was only
> about 45 mph.
Well, yeah, I wouldn't ride anything fast either, if I was just relying
on the back brake.
>
> The other maintenance trick was to reposition the rear brake arm after
> about 7K miles so it wouldn't hit the rear axle when I applied the
> brakes.
Heh. The trick is not to adjust it so far that it over-centres....
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Posted by Potage St. Germaine on January 10, 2007, 8:34 am
The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Well, yeah, I wouldn't ride anything fast either, if I was just relying
> on the back brake.
Where did I ever say that I relied on the rear brake only? I said that
I didn't use the front brakes hard enough. So the pads glazed.
Posted by chateau.murray@btinternet.com, on January 10, 2007, 8:46 am
Potage St. Germaine wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > Well, yeah, I wouldn't ride anything fast either, if I was just relying
> > on the back brake.
> Where did I ever say that I relied on the rear brake only? I said that
> I didn't use the front brakes hard enough. So the pads glazed.
Mea culpa. I thought that "I was a rear brake user" was an indication.
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> days, putting 25K miles a year on the machine while exploring all the
> canyon roads leading to the beaches, but my average speed was only
> about 45 mph.