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James Annan
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Benjamin Lewis wrote:
> jim beam wrote:
>
> > Benjamin Lewis wrote:
> >> jim beam wrote:
> >>
> >>> Tim McNamara wrote:
> >>> <snip drivel>
> >>>
> >>>> I see. And that situation is insurmountable? The designers are
> >>>> incompetent to deal with that? Good heavens. Might as well go back
> >>>> to V-brakes, dude. Oh wait, those are mounted on the front too- no
> >>>> doubt there are millions of them being ripped off of forks even as we
> >>>> speak.
> >>>
> >>> oh dear. sorry tim, zero points. do the math on the force at the
> >>> brake bosses compared to a disk tab. look at the comparative size
> >>> differences too and use that to estimate stress.
> >> How can we "look at the size differences" on a non-existent design?
> >
> > eh? disk tabs and brake bosses exist. do we have a communication
> > problem?
>
> Disk tabs on front mounted calipers do not exist. If they did, an
> intelligent designer would make them larger.
Actually, at least one tandem manufacturer (Erikson) puts the disk
brake on the front of the RH fork blade, with no reported problems.
James
> jim beam wrote:
>
> > Benjamin Lewis wrote:
> >> jim beam wrote:
> >>
> >>> Tim McNamara wrote:
> >>> <snip drivel>
> >>>
> >>>> I see. And that situation is insurmountable? The designers are
> >>>> incompetent to deal with that? Good heavens. Might as well go back
> >>>> to V-brakes, dude. Oh wait, those are mounted on the front too- no
> >>>> doubt there are millions of them being ripped off of forks even as we
> >>>> speak.
> >>>
> >>> oh dear. sorry tim, zero points. do the math on the force at the
> >>> brake bosses compared to a disk tab. look at the comparative size
> >>> differences too and use that to estimate stress.
> >> How can we "look at the size differences" on a non-existent design?
> >
> > eh? disk tabs and brake bosses exist. do we have a communication
> > problem?
>
> Disk tabs on front mounted calipers do not exist. If they did, an
> intelligent designer would make them larger.
Actually, at least one tandem manufacturer (Erikson) puts the disk
brake on the front of the RH fork blade, with no reported problems.
James