GB4 Brake Booster - comments?

Rod, I'm thinking you have a Hunter frame you'd be
using this on?

If so, I can recommend it as being a significant improvement
over _not_ having one. It takes some messing around to get
the adjustment right, but overall it works fine, helps keep
the maguras from getting knocked out of whack, and
definitely adds some strength to the braking power.

Tire clearance really hasn't been an issue at all. I've
never had gravel get caught up in it, and if you're riding
in enough mud to cause it to get gunked up, the problem will
hit first at your brake pads anyway.

I've been told that Rick Hunter is now making his frames
with two bosses on each side, eliminating the need for the
booster. If you're not lucky enough to have one of those new
frames or the KH, then the booster is definitely worth its
low purchase price.

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here's the scoop on brake boosters (if someone doesn't know
what they are actually for)

when the brake pads push against the rim, some of that force
may be reduced by the frame flexing outwards. The booster
prevents the frame from flexing, thus allowing all power to
be used for braking.

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