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Mike Jacoubowsky
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> Yes, it has a splitter, the same type of setup that all the millions
> of bikes with detanglers have for their rear brakes, other than higher-
> end/customized ones with systems like an Odyssey modulever.
I meant that it might have had a splitter of the type that allows the use of
one brake lever for two brakes. As you note, rotors in general have a
splitter (which you call a detangler... why? Our BMX folk would cringe if I
called it that... after all, why use a term that describes what it actually
does?). Or am I further removed from that scene than I thought, and "rotor"
isn't used anymore?
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
"Nate Knutson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> Looking at the photo again, it's possible that there are two brake
>> levers.
>> However, it also looks like there is an in-line splitter shown. Heaven
>> forbid that it's not actually an in-line splitter but rather one of those
>> awful gadgets designed to keep you from being able to apply enough power
>> to
>> lock your front brake. On the other hand, if it did have one of those
>> awful
>> gadgets, at least the fix (for improving braking power) is simple- just
>> remove it.
>>
>> --Mike Jacoubowsky
>> Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReaction.com
>> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> Yes, it has a splitter, the same type of setup that all the millions
> of bikes with detanglers have for their rear brakes, other than higher-
> end/customized ones with systems like an Odyssey modulever.
>
> The right brake lever pulls a short length of cable inside a housing
> that terminates in the spitter. Then attached integrally to the
> splitter is another cable with 2 ends that exit it, or maybe in some
> cases 2 seperate cables, each of which run through their own housing
> lengths and adjusters, and terminate with special ball ends. Each of
> these runs through the upper plate, into which the adjusters are
> threaded, and the ball ends pull on the upper "bearing" part of the
> detangler.
>
> of bikes with detanglers have for their rear brakes, other than higher-
> end/customized ones with systems like an Odyssey modulever.
I meant that it might have had a splitter of the type that allows the use of
one brake lever for two brakes. As you note, rotors in general have a
splitter (which you call a detangler... why? Our BMX folk would cringe if I
called it that... after all, why use a term that describes what it actually
does?). Or am I further removed from that scene than I thought, and "rotor"
isn't used anymore?
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
"Nate Knutson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> Looking at the photo again, it's possible that there are two brake
>> levers.
>> However, it also looks like there is an in-line splitter shown. Heaven
>> forbid that it's not actually an in-line splitter but rather one of those
>> awful gadgets designed to keep you from being able to apply enough power
>> to
>> lock your front brake. On the other hand, if it did have one of those
>> awful
>> gadgets, at least the fix (for improving braking power) is simple- just
>> remove it.
>>
>> --Mike Jacoubowsky
>> Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReaction.com
>> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> Yes, it has a splitter, the same type of setup that all the millions
> of bikes with detanglers have for their rear brakes, other than higher-
> end/customized ones with systems like an Odyssey modulever.
>
> The right brake lever pulls a short length of cable inside a housing
> that terminates in the spitter. Then attached integrally to the
> splitter is another cable with 2 ends that exit it, or maybe in some
> cases 2 seperate cables, each of which run through their own housing
> lengths and adjusters, and terminate with special ball ends. Each of
> these runs through the upper plate, into which the adjusters are
> threaded, and the ball ends pull on the upper "bearing" part of the
> detangler.
>