trials_pimp Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Was looking at some random crap and came across this.EnjoySome pretty weird and wonderfull items Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Nice find there, i must say those brovedani anti-loc cantilevers are rather cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 these had a very brief moment in the sun sometime in the late 80's. definitely more powerful than standard cantilevers, but i personally was never all that impressed by them for one reason or the other. the brake arms were mounted on a helical spline. as the brake pads touched the rim, they were drawn forward by the rim rotation, and squeezed tighter onto the rim by the helical spline. due to the spline direction being crucially linked to the direction of wheel rotation as related to the position of the brake mounts, they came in front- or rear-specific versions. mounted on the wrong wheel, the spline would reduce pad pressure, rather than increase it. some people had concerns about non-linear braking action, and the possibility of the brakes "grabbing" the rim and not releasing - john forester, i beleive, did a writeup detailing how the se brake would lock up upon application when used with some suspension forks. *strokes chin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Sounds like a recipe for death, brakes have to work both ways Marky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Yeah, I know, but the concept is kinda interesting. Don't ruin my moment, you b*****d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) Link doesn't work for me EDIT: But going from that explanation, surely it could be possible to have a forward brake on top of the seat stay (or chain stay ) and a backward brake underneath? Edited September 13, 2006 by PaRtZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Sounds like a recipe for death, brakes have to work both ways Marky adam ur easily old enough to have seen and probably used most of them brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 i can remember most of them. Some funny old desingsThing is nothing will compare to Maguras for all round performanceDoes anyone remember Star Bikes Hydrolic V brakes??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I do Never had the chance to use one, but from reviews of "heavy, leaky and shit" I probably didn't miss out on much:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 I never got the pleasure of using them, but did see a pair.Awful. The set up allowed soo much flex.Cant see much happening with brakes in the near future, nothing drastic anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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