Corsa front brake upgrade

Ben Fox said:

I got rid of the stock front brake that came with my Corsa and installed an RX100 Shimano that I
had lying around. I mounted it on the rear of the fork. One problem I had with the factory brake
was that the cable would get in the way of the cranks after making a right turn. Also the factory
brake had no Q.R. for removing the front wheel. The Shimano Rx 100 is a lighter and better
performing brake and even though the cable routing is from the bottom as it was on the stock brake
the cable stays out of the way on turns. For photos; www.photos.yahoo.com/ekfox2001 corsa front
brake album Ben fox

Ben,

What brake lever are you using with the RX 100? I have a RX 100 brake mounted facing rearwards on my
Sunset, and the braking performance is only adequate with Kool Stop "salmon" pad (and was
unacceptable with stock Shimano pads).

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

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Cletus D. Lee said:

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Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Surely, Tom you can do better than that.
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Cletus,

The degree of precision I use is deliberate.

You spelled my name incorrectly in your thread title. 😉

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Tom,
The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody
else.I'm sure they are caliper specific brake levers though,because the rear
brake is a V-brake and the use an adapter to increase the pull.
I haven't had a chance to really try to lock up the front wheel though as it
is raining here.
Ben
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Ben Fox said:

I got rid of the stock front brake that came with my Corsa and installed

an

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RX100 Shimano that I had lying around. I mounted it on the rear of the

fork.

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One problem I had with the factory brake was that the cable would get in

the

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way of the cranks after making a right turn. Also the factory brake had no Q.R. for removing the
front wheel. The Shimano Rx 100 is a lighter and better performing brake and even

though

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the cable routing is from the bottom as it was on the stock brake the

cable

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stays out of the way on turns. For photos; www.photos.yahoo.com/ekfox2001 corsa front brake
album Ben fox

Ben,

What brake lever are you using with the RX 100? I have a RX 100 brake mounted facing rearwards on
my Sunset, and the braking performance is only adequate with Kool Stop "salmon" pad (and was
unacceptable with stock Shimano pads).

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

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Cletus D. Lee said:

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Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Surely, Tom you can do better than that.
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Cletus D. Lee - 29°41.880'N, 95°27.349'W

Cletus,

The degree of precision I use is deliberate.

You spelled my name incorrectly in your thread title. 😉

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Yes, Mr. Sherman has got it right. Those who carry everything out to the last decimal point
are in my most humble opinion idiots. Mr. Sherman is often wrong about many things but he is
not an idiot! 😉

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

Ben Fox said:

Tom, The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody else.I'm sure they are
caliper specific brake levers though,because the rear brake is a V-brake and the use an adapter to
increase the pull. I haven't had a chance to really try to lock up the front wheel though as it is
raining here.

Ben,

My experience suggests that if you lock up your front wheel in the rain, you will be hitting the
ground with your Above Seat Steering in short order. 😉

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

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Tom, The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody else.I'm sure they are
caliper specific brake levers though,

The levers are made by "Alhonga" in Taiwan. I could be wrong, but I doubt there's a difference
between the two levers.

Edward Dolan said:

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Cletus D. Lee said:

> Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W
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Surely, Tom you can do better than that.
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Cletus D. Lee - 29°41.880'N, 95°27.349'W

Cletus,

The degree of precision I use is deliberate.

You spelled my name incorrectly in your thread title. 😉

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Yes, Mr. Sherman has got it right. Those who carry everything out to the last decimal point are in
my most humble opinion idiots. Mr. Sherman is often wrong about many things but he is not an
idiot! 😉

Use of too many significant digits can also get one into additional legal trouble, as lawyers will
emphasize small errors in an attempt to discredit the overall testimony or document in question. It
can even provide an opening for a lawsuit when there would otherwise not be one.

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

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You spelled my name incorrectly in your thread title. 😉

Yes' I can do better,

Marry Chrismus.

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Tom,
Yes, maybe I will ,but to test out the brake action for you I'll risk it.
Ben fox
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Ben Fox said:

Tom, The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody else.I'm sure they
are caliper specific brake levers though,because the

rear

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brake is a V-brake and the use an adapter to increase the pull. I haven't had a chance to really
try to lock up the front wheel though

as it

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is raining here.

Ben,

My experience suggests that if you lock up your front wheel in the rain, you will be hitting the
ground with your Above Seat Steering in short order. 😉

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Barry,
I never said there was a difference between the two,I said they were caliper
brake levers,because the rear brake ,which is a V-brake has a roller adaptor
that is used to mate a caliper lever to a v-brake.
ben fox
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Tom, The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody else.I'm sure they
are caliper specific brake levers though,

The levers are made by "Alhonga" in Taiwan. I could be wrong, but I doubt there's a difference
between the two levers.

Tom Sherman wrote: <snip>

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Use of too many significant digits can also get one into additional legal trouble, as lawyers will
emphasize small errors in an attempt to discredit the overall testimony or document in question.
It can even provide an opening for a lawsuit when there would otherwise not be one.

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Between 40.5N an 41.5N an 89.5W and 90.5W is boxed by Peru, Nornal, Monmouth, and Moline, all in
Illinois. Should be a fairly easy online phone number lookup to find, like on yahoo.com .

Mike Schwab said:

Tom Sherman wrote: <snip>

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Use of too many significant digits can also get one into additional legal trouble, as lawyers
will emphasize small errors in an attempt to discredit the overall testimony or document in
question. It can even provide an opening for a lawsuit when there would otherwise not be one.

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Between 40.5N an 41.5N an 89.5W and 90.5W is boxed by Peru, Nornal, Monmouth, and Moline, all in
Illinois. Should be a fairly easy online phone number lookup to find, like on yahoo.com .

I had a Normal address at one time. It was merely a drop box however.

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

When you have a day off, you'll have to come down and ride with us.
Zero rides 12/25, at least one ride all other days.
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I had a Normal address at one time. It was merely a drop box however.

Tom Sherman - 41 N, 90 W

Brake levers on Strada and Corsa that say "BACCHETTA" on them have two different rates of cable
pull. The rear (right lever) is for linear pull brakes (V-brakes) and the front (left lever) is for
dual pivot brakes.

John

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Tom, The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody else.I'm sure they
are caliper specific brake levers though,

The levers are made by "Alhonga" in Taiwan. I could be wrong, but I doubt there's a difference
between the two levers.

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:41:25 -0600, Mike Schwab <[email hidden]>

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When you have a day off, you'll have to come down and ride with us. Zero rides 12/25, at least one
ride all other days. spfldcycling.orgspfldcycling.orgOpen ↗

If that's an open invite for other Illinoisan riders, there's a couple of us from Tazewell County
that would probably come if you've got some bent specific or rides with heavy bent attendance.

-Dennis in Groveland (Morton, Pekin, and East Peoria are all suburbs of Groveland)

John and I are actually both right. I've got both levers in my lap here. The levers are identical.
However, the levers are made so that the cable attachment can be riveted to either of two holes,
spaced 1 cm differently from the pivot. Thus, the lever with longer spacing is used with the V brake
for longer cable travel.

Barry

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Brake levers on Strada and Corsa that say "BACCHETTA" on them have two different rates of cable
pull. The rear (right lever) is for linear pull brakes (V-brakes) and the front (left lever) is
for dual pivot brakes.

John

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Tom, The levers are Bacchetta brand ,which they must have made by somebody else.I'm sure they
are caliper specific brake levers though,

The levers are made by "Alhonga" in Taiwan. I could be wrong, but I

doubt

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there's a difference between the two levers.

John said:

Brake levers on Strada and Corsa that say "BACCHETTA" on them have two different rates of cable
pull. The rear (right lever) is for linear pull brakes (V-brakes) and the front (left lever) is
for dual pivot brakes.

Isn't this a change from the first production run for the Strada, which had levers designed for
sidepull brakes and a "Travel Agent" for the rear brake?

Tom Sherman - 41½ N, 90½ W

Ben Fox said:

Tom, Yes, maybe I will ,but to test out the brake action for you I'll risk it.

Ben,

Make sure you have a witness with a video camera, so you can share the experience with the
rest of us. 😉

Tom Sherman - 41½ N, 90½ W