Pete Biggs wrote:
> Jim Price wrote:
>> a friend of
>> mine uses V's with Ergos and no extra gizmos
>
> I wouldn't like that, personally. With Ergos + calipers and true wheels,
> I already have the brake blocks set as close to the rims as possible
> without rubbing to have the lever-feel I like.
I've tried his bike (well, I built it!) and the feel of the brakes is
actually really good, as long as you like powerful brakes with a very
light action - which is what was requested after he'd tried another
slightly mad bike I built with flat bar canti levers and V brakes. Don't
knock it 'till you've tried it!
> It's interesting that Campag didn't copy Shimano's idea of switchable
> modes for their FBs. I don't know how practical it would be on road STIs
> or Ergos, though.
My cunning plan will only work for STIs which have a slot for the brake
cable holder - the slot could be "shimmed" to give more cable travel,
especially in the early part of the pad movement, which is where the
clearance is needed.
> Much extra bulk or junk wouldn't be nice. But easily
> adaptable (or even fine-tunable!) indexing would be nice indeed.
Well, I suppose the Campag stuff almost has it, in that you could
machine a new ratchet wheel to achieve that. That's not exactly easy
though, and the Shimano stuff needs to be at least maintainable before
I'm prepared to start playing with it proper.
> Meantime, we have to carry on doing horrible things with cassettes and
> mechs.
As horrible as the names people come up with, like shimagnolo.
JimP
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