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SMS <
[email protected]> wrote:
>mark wrote:
>> bryanska wrote:
>>> Mid-80s to early 90s Specialized Rockhoppers have two eyelets front and
>>> back.
>>>
>>> Watch out for chainstay-mounted rear U-brakes. They need frequent
>>> adjustment. Later years have cantis.
>>>
>> They not only need frequent adjustment, they get clogged up by whatever
>> glop you're riding through. Unless you're going to make a fixie with no
>> brakes or just a front brake, I would not buy any frame with a U-brake
>> mounted on the chainstay.
>>
>> mark
>
>Yeah, I had an old Fuji Sundance. Great frame, but those U brakes were
>quite the pain in the butt.
The do suck for riding in the dirt, but the actually have some
advantages for a touring bike that mostly stays on pavement or
dry dirt roads.
1. Heel/Pannier/rack clearance is not a issue.
2. Touring bikes tend to have enough load that
rear braking is a lot more useful than on a regular road bike.
If clean these brakes work very well because they are mounted
to the strongest part of the bike.
3. They work with the same levers that standard road brakes work
with.
_ Booker C. Bense
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