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[url= http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/schoolboy-designs-most-powerful-brake-ever/011821 ]From BikeBiz[/url]

I particularly like:

[i]"Brake Force One lever assemblies do not require an oil reservoir"[/i]

and:

[i]Space between the pads and the disc can be regulated with this wheel, so if you hear 'bling, bling, bling' you make a few turns and the rubbing noise disappears"[/i]

Sounds like a Hope C2....


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 11:59 am
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They look pretty good. I wonder how much.


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 12:05 pm
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The felled tree I used at Afan on Saturday stopped me pretty damn quick!


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 12:06 pm
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A branch in the spokes is the most powerful brake ever, in my experience.


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 12:10 pm
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Hasn't someone already done the twin co-centric piston thing? Only their adjuster was at the calliper IIRC?

Sounds like a Hope C2....

Looking back through rose tinted glasses my C2's were wayy more powerfull than anything that came later, although my new Elixirs seem similarly powerfull, but there's been 8 years inbetween them! And apparently the newest Shimano are even better.


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 1:43 pm
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You're thinking of the [url= http://bicycling.com/blogs/thestraightdirt/tag/ashima-apv/ ]Ashima APV[/url], uses co-axial pistons.

My C2s were good, but I killed them coming down skiddaw. Over-heated and couldn't wind them out any more. As soon as they freed up a little, they'd heat up as they were still dragging and then lock up again.


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 2:06 pm
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This bit has me sold!

" new brakesaddle geometrie for even higher fixity "

Yay 🙂


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 2:26 pm